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Olive Young's Sephora deal reaches 48 Asian stores about nine months after signing
CJ Olive Young has K-Beauty Edit displays in 48 Sephora stores across four Asian markets, two months after the US debut. The only sales evidence is the company's own statement that average daily sales of major brands at Sephora US doubled in a month.
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Key figures: 48 Sephora stores in four Asian markets carry the display. Malaysia has the most, with 18. Malaysia and Thailand together hold 64.6% of the stores. Each store offers up to about 120 products from 12 to 17 brands.
| Figure | Value | Note | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sephora stores with the display | 48 stores | 2 | |
| Stores in Malaysia, the largest | 18 stores | 6 | |
| Share in Malaysia and Thailand | 64.6% | 14 | |
| Products per store, up to about | 120 products | from 12 to 17 brands per store | 7 |
What happened
- By market, Malaysia has 18 stores with the display, Thailand 13, Singapore nine and Hong Kong eight.
- Each store carries 12 to 17 brands and up to about 120 products.
- Olive Young signed its formal agreement with Sephora in January and began with the US market.
- A pop-up at ION Orchard in Singapore, running Oct. 8 to 14, offers skin diagnostic services and beauty samples.
- Olive Young plans to bring the display to Sephora stores in Canada, Australia, Britain and the Middle East next year.
Why it matters
- exposure Malaysia and Thailand hold 31 of the 48 stores, or 64.6% (18 plus 13), so early Asian results will mostly reflect those two markets.
- decision Across the 48 stores that is 576 to 816 brand listings (48 x 12 and 48 x 17), and choosing which Korean brands fill them is a lever Olive Young controls in this arrangement.
- precedent Four more markets next year would take the display from five to nine, and the skincare tilt the company ties to Asian climates would be tested in markets with different ones.
Speed depends on where the clock starts. Counted from the August US debut, the Asian rollout took roughly two months [12]. Counted from the January agreement, it took about nine [13]. We think nine months is the fairer measure of how long Olive Young needed to get a curated display into five markets [16], since the two-month figure only times the second leg of a schedule that began with the signing.
The one demand figure is a doubling. According to Olive Young, average daily sales of major brands at Sephora in the US, including Rejuran, Arencia and Torriden, doubled from the previous month as of the end of September [18]. That is a company statement with no outside check, and it can mislead in three ways. The comparison month is presumably August, the launch month, so the base may be a part-month. The figure covers major brands, so the rest of the assortment is outside it. And a doubling can sit on any base. Olive Young did not disclose the base or the day in August the display went live.
The counter-case is that the company names three brands, which suggests a broad lift and not one hit. We would hold the footprint as established and the demand as plausible but unproven. A doubling that persisted into a third month, shown in absolute sales or sell-through, would move us toward the company's own account of quick scaling.
The stated strategy is to use Sephora's global distribution network to strengthen Olive Young as a base for spreading K-beauty [9]. Under that arrangement Olive Young's visible contribution is curation and event marketing, such as the Singapore pop-up [5], and Sephora's stores are the floor. An Olive Young official said: "Based on curation that reflects consumer data and trends in each market, we will continue to broaden the global consumer base for K-beauty." [11]
The Asian lineup leans heavily toward skincare such as cleansers, serums and creams, a tilt the company ties to local climates and consumer preferences [8].
What to watch
- Any change to the 48-store count or to the 12-to-17 brand range per store, since both are Sephora allocations that can be revised.
- The first store counts and brand lineups for the 2027 launches, to see whether the skincare share holds outside Asia.
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- [1]
CJ Olive Young said on Oct. 12 that it has completed the rollout of Olive Young K-Beauty Edit across Sephora's online and offline channels in four Asian markets: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong.
ReportedSupportedSource: CJ Olive Young, as reported by en.sedaily.com2 sources— create a free account to open themView cited source - [2]
The rollout brings Olive Young K-Beauty Edit to a total of 48 Sephora stores in the four markets.
- [3]
The display launched at Sephora in the U.S. in August.
- [4]
Olive Young signed a formal agreement with Sephora in January and began widening the partnership with the U.S. market.
- [5]
Olive Young is running a pop-up event at ION Orchard in Singapore from Oct. 8 to 14, offering skin diagnostic services and beauty samples.
- [6]
By market, there are 18 Sephora stores with the display in Malaysia, 13 in Thailand, nine in Singapore and eight in Hong Kong.
- [7]
Each store carries 12 to 17 brands, offering up to about 120 products.
- [8]
The lineup leans heavily toward skincare items such as cleansers, serums and creams, reflecting local climates and consumer preferences.
- [9]
The strategy is to use Sephora's global distribution network to strengthen Olive Young as a base for spreading K-beauty.
- [10]
Olive Young plans to bring Olive Young K-Beauty Edit to Sephora stores in Canada, Australia, Britain and the Middle East next year.
- [11]
"Based on curation that reflects consumer data and trends in each market, we will continue to broaden the global consumer base for K-beauty."
- [12]
Roughly two months separate the August US debut from the Oct. 12 announcement that the Asian rollout was complete.
- [13]
About nine months separate the January agreement from the Oct. 12 announcement that the Asian rollout was complete.
- [14]
Malaysia and Thailand together hold 31 of the 48 stores, or 64.6%.
- [15]
Across the 48 stores, 12 to 17 brands each comes to 576 to 816 brand listings.
- [16]
The display is now in five markets: the four Asian markets plus the US.
- [17]
Adding Canada, Australia, Britain and the Middle East next year would take the display from five markets to nine, counting the Middle East as one.
- [18]
At Sephora in the U.S., average daily sales of major brands including Rejuran, Arencia and Torriden doubled from the previous month as of the end of September.
ReportedInsufficientSource: CJ Olive Young, as reported by en.sedaily.com; single-sourced company statementView cited source
Sources
2 independent publishers whose own reporting we read for this story.
- en.sedaily.comOlive Young Expands K-Beauty Push With Sephora in 48 Asian Stores
1 article · October 11, 2026
- koreaherald.com[Photo News] Olive Young takes K-beauty to Sephora Asia
1 article · October 11, 2026
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