Pioneering Chinese reform-era journalist morphed in an entrepreneur as founder of cosmetics chain.

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In August Sephora sued Macy's, after the American firm mimicked the French one with its own chain of cosmetics shops, called Souson.

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Ulta Salon Cosmetics and Fragrance is a chain of beauty superstores based in Bolingbrook, Ill.

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This fall the chain has opened outlets of upscale cosmetics purveyor Sephora in its stores.

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The Body Shop chain got its start with a small cosmetics boutique in the English coastal city of Brighton that Roddick opened in 1976, seeking to support herself and her two daughters while her husband was trekking across the United States.

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