where was sephora founded
The history of SEPHORA. A LOOK IN TIME: Sephora was founded in France by Dominique Mandonnaud in 1969. Sephora was orginally called Shop 8, but Dominique Mandonnaud re-named Shop 8. In 1993 Mandonnaud merged the Biblical name, Zipporah (Moses' wife), with the ancient Greek word Sephos which means pretty. Sephora stores specialize in selling cosmetic and beauty care products. Sephora was founded in 1969. That one store later expanded to about 750 stores and 21 different countries. In 1996 Sephoras' perfume outlet was opened in Paris.