Rituals Cosmetics has announced the grand opening of its new store in Basingstoke, Hampshire. The store, situated in the bustling Festival Place Shopping Centre, opened its doors on Thursday, 18th January 2024, and is celebrating with a special launch event on Saturday, 20th January 2024.
Poppy Radford, Asset Manager at Sovereign Centros, expressed enthusiasm for Rituals joining the Festival Place roster. “We are thrilled to have Rituals opening at Festival Place. Starting the year off on a positive note, the sustainable beauty brand will offer our visitors a premium shopping experience, with products that have a luxury feel while remaining affordable. This opening is part of our continued mission to offer retail excellence, and is a marker for planned evolution throughout 2024,” Radford remarked.
Annemarie Forsyth, Managing Director of Rituals Cosmetics (UK & Ireland), highlighted the significance of the Basingstoke store in expanding the brand’s UK presence. “We are so excited to be opening this store in the Festival Place Shopping Centre in Basingstoke, expanding the Rituals interactive experience in the UK. Living during these ever-changing, fast-paced times, we understand more than ever the need for creating moments of joy and feeling balanced during our everyday life. The new Rituals store will help customers to achieve a sense of wellbeing by finding the perfect products that will help them to balance the body, mind and soul. This opening marks an exciting time for the brand in growing our retail presence across the UK,” Forsyth stated.
To mark this momentous occasion, Rituals is offering a range of exclusive experiences and offers to customers, valid until 30th January 2024. Highlights include an exclusive luxury goodie bag for the first 50 customers making a purchase on Saturday 20th January, complimentary in-store personalisation by a Calligrapher, a special offer on Rituals’ best-selling foaming shower gels, and a complimentary Mini Reed Diffuser with a spend of £45 or more.
Rituals Cosmetics, founded in Amsterdam in 2000, has established itself as a global industry expert, present in vibrant cities such as London, Paris, and Hong Kong with 1,000 stores and 3,000 shop-in-shops. As a Certified B Corp™, Rituals is committed to continuously improving its social and environmental impact, focusing on developing natural origin formulas and sustainable packaging.
