Amazon Goes Multi-Channel as Quidsi Opens Stores

There are a number of thoughts that come to mind when Amazon.com is mentioned. 'Brick and mortar stores' is not normally one of them. That said, Amazon's Quidsi business (Diapers.com, Soap.com, BeautyBar.com and Wag.com) is looking at opening a 1,600 square-foot BeautyBar store in Manhasset, N.Y., according to a WWD.com report. The store is expected to feature 75 brands including Bliss, Dermalogica, Diego Della Palma, Malin + Goetz and Philosophy. The store will have two treatment rooms with on-staff aestheticians and makeup artists. Katina Mountanos, site director for merchandising and marketing at BeautyBar, told WWD.com, "This is our first