Visionary Of The Year: Generation Sephora: From Being An Early Incubator Of The Indie Revolution To The Most Plugged-In Retailer Of Its Generation, Sephora Is Rewriting The Rules Of Prestige Beauty One Country At A Time

THEY SAID IT couldn't be done. ¶ Two decades after bursting onto the scene amid much industry skepticism, particularly in the U.S., Sephora has upended the status quo to become the leading global beauty retailer.¶ It has harnessed the prevailing forces of change more effectively than any of its competitors with a series of innovations, from ushering in the age of self-selection to nurturing the rise of the Indies to capitalizing early on the influence of digital and social media.