The cosmetics retailer Body Shop International said yesterday that its worldwide sales rose 15 percent in the first quarter.

Her mother owned Image Supplies, a cosmetics retailer in Cypress, Calif.

Avon, the cosmetics retailer based in New York, is facing a hostile proxy fight from the Chartwell investment partnership.

The building has subsequently housed Brentano's bookstore, a Benetton clothing store, and presently Sephora, a cosmetics retailer.

Natural cosmetics retailer the Body Shop started in Brighton.

The cosmetics retailer has named Patrick Gournay, whose job will be to improve declining sales and profits at the cosmetics retailer.

MAC, the cosmetics retailer, has a feature on its Web site, maccosmetics.com, called "e-mail an artist," where company-trained specialists handle questions online.

Shares of the women's clothing and cosmetics retailer plunged from a high of $12 each that August to the $2-to-$3 range in November.

Just south of that store on Lexington, a space is being renovated for the cosmetics retailer Sephora.

Today, the cosmetics retailer is focused on three primary philanthropic causes: AIDS research and prevention, children's well-being and the environment.