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cosmetics store
Related terms: beauty products store
A retail store specializing in cosmetics, makeup, hair-care products, personal hygiene goods, and similar beauty items.
A cosmetics store is a retail space devoted to make-up, cosmetics, hair-care products, personal hygiene products, and similar items. These stores range from low-end discounters to very high fashion establishments.
If it specializes in perfume, it should be classified as a perfume store.
The specialization concerns the kind of beauty and personal-care merchandise sold, without a required price level. A fragrance specialist has the perfume-store use above, while a broader cosmetics assortment can include perfume among its products.
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