Cosmo Co., Ltd.
Contributing to improving the quality of life of hairdressers and achieving SDGs! Full membership fashion and beauty store “Close-t” pre-opening on Friday, January 9, 2024
Cosmetics and the latest fashion at special prices exclusively for hairdressers. Contributing to SDGs through the Close-t project ……
Cosmo Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, President and CEO: Hiroyuki Kaizuka, hereinafter referred to as Cosmo) is a comprehensive beauty trading company that provides total support for beauty salons, from wholesale sales of beauty supplies and beauty equipment to salon management. We are pleased to announce the opening of Close-t, a members-only fashion and beauty site exclusively for hairdressers.
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Cosmo is pleased to announce Close-t, a closed site exclusively for hairdressers that supports the fashion and beauty of hairdressers active in the glamorous world. At Close-t, you can purchase hair care, skin care items, trendy fashion, and more at special prices for members only. “Close-t” will have a pre-opening on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, and a grand opening on Friday, February 9, 2024. Through the Close-t project, Cosmo will support an environment where hairdressers can self-produce in a more attractive way, and will also contribute to the SDGs.
Background and purpose of the Close-t project
The Close-t project has two main purposes.
(1) Contributing to the achievement of SDGs
Nowadays, it has become easy to purchase trendy fashion at relatively low prices. However, behind the scenes, mass production, mass consumption, and mass disposal in the apparel industry have increased the use of resources and energy for manufacturing, shortened life cycles, and caused an extremely large environmental burden, which has become a global problem. Masu.
According to the Ministry of the Environment, approximately 500,000 tons of clothing is discarded as garbage every year in Japan. When clothing is discarded as garbage, only about 5% of it is recycled, with the majority being incinerated or disposed of in landfills. From the perspective of the SDGs, clothing waste is having a significant impact on the environment, such as CO2 generation due to incineration and microplastics being generated from clothing waste, which is developing into a marine plastic problem. However, as Japan relies on foreign countries for much of its clothing, it is currently difficult to see the environmental impact of this.
Cosmo aims to reduce stock risk and waste risk by selling pre-order items and archive items with the cooperation of fashion brands that support the Close-t project.
(2) Supporting the improvement of the quality of life of hairdressers [Image 2
When Cosmo conducted a survey on apparel purchases among 1,700 hairdressers nationwide, 88% of hairdressers spent between 10,000 and 50,000 yen per month on fashion. Many salons require hairdressers to wear casual clothes, and it seems that many hairdressers buy additional clothes every month to wear at work.
In addition, when customers choose a hairdresser, they consider not only technical aspects such as cuts and colors, and customer service skills, but also good taste. The sense of style is often judged by the hairdresser’s fashion, and for hairdressers, fashion is an important element in gaining support from customers.
It is said that the average amount spent by hairdressers on fashion purchases is higher than that of general customers. However, in the world of hairdressers, especially assistants, there are cases where they want to pay attention to fashion but do not spend enough money, such as “I can’t spend much money on fashion” or “I spend most of my salary on fashion.” There are also many.
Cosmo believes that if hairdressers can enjoy fashion and beauty more easily, it will not only improve their work environment but also their QOL.
Cosmo launched the Close-t project with the aim of reducing the environmental impact as much as possible from the perspective of SDGs, and improving the treatment and quality of life of hairdressers. Features of “Close-t”, a fashion and beauty store limited to hairdressers (1) Encounter unreleased new works and rare items
You can purchase everything from the ever-popular shampoos,
treatments, body soaps, hair irons, hair dryers, and other essential items for hairdressers to archived items from popular fashion brands at great sale prices. In addition, Close-t exclusive items such as Close-t original collaboration items and pre-order items (pre-order sales) from popular brands are also scheduled to be released. (2) Efforts by the beauty industry and apparel industry can contribute to SDGs At Close-t, we aim to reduce stock and waste risks by selling pre-order and archive items from fashion brands. Through the various activities of the Close-t project, you can contribute to achieving the SDGs.
(3) 1 point return for every 100 yen! Earn points by shopping You will receive 1 point back for every 100 yen (excluding tax) purchased at Close-t. The accumulated points can be used at either Close-t Beauty Store or Fashion Store as 1 point = 1 yen.
“Close-t” beauty store opens on Tuesday, January 9, 2024!
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Close-t Beauty Store carries Cosmo products such as Crates
(https://createsnet.jp/), Holistic Cures (https://holisticcures.jp/), and Moroccanoil, as well as popular cosmetics and body care brands. Items can be purchased at member-only prices at any time. We also carry a large selection of beauty products and beautician essentials at salon prices.
“Close-t” fashion store is scheduled to open on Friday, February 9, 2024 [Image 4
In addition to the latest seasonal items and standard items from each brand, you can also pre-order new items before they are released, limited collaboration items with popular brands and designers that can only be purchased at Close-t, and archive items at special sale prices. We plan to sell attractive items such as sales. You can enjoy shopping tailored to your individual values and personality. We will inform you about the future development of Close-t in a press release. -About Cosmo-
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Cosmo is a comprehensive beauty trading company that provides total support for beauty salons, from wholesale of beauty products and equipment to salon management. Adhering to our corporate philosophy of “Creating a future of beauty and health,” we pursue beauty, health, and spiritual enrichment, which are eternal themes of humankind, from a unique perspective that is one step ahead of the times. We are striving to revitalize the In addition to the hairdressing dealer business, we also import and sell foreign brands and sell hairdressing salons by making full use of our domestic and overseas group network, which allows us to timely aggregate trends in the professional, consumer, and overseas markets. We are conducting unique product development and sales promotion plans for. Starting with the development of punch perms in 1976, in the 2000s, the group company “Crates” innovated irons and led the popular hair boom. In 2008, we became the first company to import and sell Moroccanoil, a global hair care brand loved by Hollywood celebrities, in the Japanese market.