K-Beauty Retailer Expands Amidst 26% Yearly Growth in Health & Beauty Transactions

  • Pure Seoul makes Midlands debut with new shop at Bullring and Grand Central
  • Health and beauty transactions at shopping destination increase by 26% year-on-year
  • 800 sq ft K-Beauty store showcases largest make-up collection to date
  • Over 900 products across make-up, skincare, and hair care available
  • Exclusive collaborations with famous K-beauty brands like BBIA, Milk Touch, AOU, Torriden, Needly, and Beplain
  • Personalised one-on-one skincare advice offered by staff specialising in Korean beauty
  • Dedicated wall of 60 sheet masks and TikTok display featuring viral bestsellers
  • Pure Seoul CEO Leslie Tang: ‘Ideal location for first Midlands store’
  • Katy Letch, head of leasing UK at Hammerson: ‘Bullring and Grand Central home to health and beauty in Birmingham’

Beauty retailer Pure Seoul has made its debut in the Midlands with a new store at Bullring and Grand Central, showcasing one of its largest make-up collections to date. The 800 sq ft K-beauty store stocks over 900 different types of products across make-up, skincare, and hair care, including exclusive collaborations with popular K-beauty brands like BBIA, Milk Touch, AOU, Torriden, and Beplain. Customers can also receive personalised one-on-one skincare advice from staff specialising in Korean beauty. Located on Bullring’s middle level, the store features a dedicated wall of over 60 different types of sheet masks and a TikTok display highlighting viral bestsellers from social media. Pure Seoul CEO Leslie Tang said, ‘Bullring and Grand Central has a reputation as a destination for regional firsts and experience-driven curation of brands, making it the ideal location for our first-ever Midlands store and second outside of London.’ Katy Letch, head of leasing UK at Hammerson, added, ‘Bullring and Grand Central is the home of health and beauty in Birmingham, attracting premium brands like Pure Seoul, Rituals, and Sephora due to its well-connected city centre location and demand for quality products.’

Factuality Level: 10
Factuality Justification: The article provides accurate information about the opening of a new store by Pure Seoul in Bullring and Grand Central, details about the store’s features and products, quotes from relevant sources, and context on the demand for beauty and wellbeing products in Birmingham.
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