{"id":163726,"date":"2020-12-18T16:05:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/sleeping-beauty-halls-how-covid-19-upended-the-lipstick-index\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T12:09:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T12:09:36","slug":"sleeping-beauty-halls-how-covid-19-upended-the-lipstick-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/sleeping-beauty-halls-how-covid-19-upended-the-lipstick-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleeping beauty halls: how Covid-19 upended the 'lipstick index'"},"content":{"rendered":"
With its army of perfectly groomed and manicured shop assistants the department store beauty hall has traditionally been the backbone of a \u00a32.5bn trade in expensive lipsticks, face creams or perfumes.<\/p>\n
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But cosmetics sales have plummeted this year as high street shutdowns, coupled with the shift to home-working, has prompted many people to ditch their makeup bags.<\/p>\n