Chat with us on WhatsApp

HISTORY

The activity started in 1997 with the distribution rights for Make Up For Ever, which totaled 3 stand-alone stores by 2005.

  • Sandton City ( Johannesburg )
  • Hyde Park Corner ( Johannesburg )
  • V&A Waterfront ( Cape Town )

In 2004 we opened the first Metropolitain Cosmetics store in Hyde Park Corner.

METROPOLITAIN COSMETICS

In 2004 we created Metropolitain Cosmetics, the first store in South Africa specialised in alternative cosmetic brands.

  • Make up
  • Skincare
  • Fragrance

All brands are EXCLUSIVES.

VISION

With Metropolitain Cosmetics, we saw great potential for a new segment in retail development.

Showcasing NICHE & ALTERNATIVE brands never seen before in South Africa. This remains a unique concept in South Africa. We believe in providing a pertinent shopping experience to a relevant portion of the South African population.

Be it through the selection of exclusive brands, well trained beauty advisors, appropriate locations, demanding standards and competitive prices.

VALUES

We see our staff as:

  • HONEST
  • LOYAL
  • MOTIVATED
  • HARD WORKING
  • STRIVING for EXCELLENCE

BUSINESS COMPETITIVNESS

What makes us competitive with other businesses in the retail sector is our extreme attention to detail and our advanced productivity focus.

We know that we are entrusted with the brand image of the products we distribute and retail. Therefore, we strive to express these brand images in strict respect with the wishes of their foreign owners and managers.

GROWTH STRATEGY

In the years to come, we shall continue to use our unique competitive advantage

to expand Metropolitain Cosmetics with new stores and also diversify with the re-opening of stand alone Make Up For Ever stores.

This will allow us to have more leverage to pursue further options, such as our existing “shop in shop” concept. We believe strongly that the e-commerce part of our business will play a key role in increasing our reach and turnover.

WHERE WE ARE NOW

WHAT WE DO

Today, Metropolitain Cosmetics has grown into an importer and a retailer of prestige beauty, skincare, personal care, fragrances and cosmetics in South Africa.

We are a young, dynamic company, seeking to maximize our competitive advantage acquired through channels management ( and in particular a strong connection to commercial locations) and productivity management ( bearing in mind the focus we place on micro-monitoring our retail activity through advanced computerized systems and software “ WINPARF” )

ACHIEVEMENTS

Our greatest pride will always be the success of the brands that we are entrusted with, by inventing a new type of retail experience in a difficult, idiosyncratic market such as South Africa, where the distribution channels are limited ( Edgars, Stuttafords, Foschini, etc…)  all offering a similar if not identical brand mix.

Our market is indeed a place that you’ll only ever hear about when dramatic events occurs …and yet…

It is so gratifying that for the past 15 years, we have generated a sustainable growth for all our partners, while controlling our structure overhead.

CONTACT

Metropolitain Cosmetics
HYDE PARK CORNER
Corner William Nicol drive & Jan Smuts Av
Hyde Park
Gauteng

Tel.    +27 11 325 4008
Fax.    +27 11 325 6317