Destiny 2’s Eververse cosmetic store is changing again - Polygon

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Destiny 2’s Eververse cosmetic store is changing again - Polygon

Destiny 2’s Eververse cosmetic store is changing again - Polygon

Posted: 19 Jun 2019 02:07 PM PDT

Ahead of Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Bungie's Luke Smith announced changes to the game's cosmetic-only Eververse store.

With the Armor 2.0 system coming in Shadowkeep, Smith announced that all Eververse armor will convert to a new system called "universal ornaments." Instead of pieces of armor that come with their own perks, Eververse loot will be able to change the look of any existing Legendary armor piece in the game.

This is effectively a new Transmog system for Destiny armor, where the look of the piece is agnostic from the perks. Smith mentioned that the team has always struggled with what kinds of perks to put on Eververse armor — not wanting the game to seem pay-to-win. Players who've already earned a ton of Eververse items over the past two years of Destiny 2 will retroactively unlock older armor ornaments.

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Bright Dust is also changing this fall. Bright Dust is currently used to buy items from the Eververse store, and players earn it by completing specific bounties and dismantling random Eververse items. In the fall, Eververse items won't dismantle into Bright Dust anymore, and players won't need to spend Bright Dust to pull Eververse items out of their Collection.

Starting with Shadowkeep, players will earn Bright Dust through a variety of activities, like Gambit, Crucible, and Vanguard bounties. Players can still use the currency to buy from Tess' rotating Eververse selection each week. If players want to buy something directly from the store without waiting for the rotation, they'll still need to buy and spend Silver (Destiny's real money premium currency) to do it.

Bungie will release Destiny 2: Shadowkeep with these Eververse changes on Sept. 17 for PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Xbox One. The Google Stadia version won't arrive until later this year.

Iconic NYC costume and beauty store Ricky's is on its last legs - New York Post

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 06:46 PM PDT

Dry your eyes, drag queens and club crawlers: Ricky's will soon be down to its last pair of stores — and they may not last long.

The New York beauty supplies retailer — a longtime destination for pink wigs, sex toys, Halloween costumes and exotic shampoos from Japan — will have shuttered all but two of its locations by summer's end, The Post has learned.

The last two stores, located at 830 Broadway near Union Square and 590 Broadway in Soho, appear to have at least eight years on their leases, according to property records.

Nevertheless, it's not clear whether they'll be able to weather the Big Apple's rough-and-tumble retail landscape.

"I heard that they'll be down to two stores — if not zero — soon," says 56-year-old founder Ricky Kenig, who sold his controlling stake in the company in 2012.

Ricky's has been shrinking at a heart-stopping pace of late. It's down to just four locations from 13 in the fall. At its peak just four years ago, Ricky's operated 29 locations, all in the New York area except for an outpost in Miami.

If Ricky's meets a sticky end, retail experts will partly blame soaring Manhattan rents and stiffening competition with Amazon, as well as an increasingly crowded market when it comes to Ricky's bread and butter: cosmetics, skin care and hair products.

But Kenig — who founded the chain in 1989 with a single store in Greenwich Village after toiling for years at the New York City-based Love drugstore chain, owned by his father, Al Kenig — also cites strategic missteps by the company in recent years.

"When I worked at Ricky's, I was the face of the business and the creative force, while my brother was very good with the back-end, corporate stuff," Kenig said, referring to his younger brother, Todd Kenig. "We knew our customer. We built a culture and phenomenal business with baby boomers and millennials."

The Kenigs sold most of their stake in the company in 2012 to the Nussdorf family, which also owns Perfumania, a retailer that closed dozens of its more than 200 stores in a 2017 bankruptcy, as well as drug wholesaler Quality King Distributors.

Ricky's at 830 Broadway in Manhattan
Ricky's at 830 Broadway in ManhattanTamara Beckwith

The Nussdorfs, who'd been longtime investors in Ricky's, didn't return numerous calls seeking comment.

Ricky's went "downhill," according to Kenig, when its new owners "brought in non-beauty retailers to run the business," including J. Richard Parrott, a former golf instructor who served as the company's president for three years until 2016. Parrott declined to comment.

Before Kenig left the company in 2013, he'd suggested hiring hair stylists to work in the stores and getting out of the unprofitable sex toy niche.

"We got into that business when people had to go to triple-X stores to buy a [sex toy], but the internet changed everything," Kenig said.

In its early years, Ricky's was a place where clients like RuPaul went for their feather boas and fake eyelashes. Fashion photographer Steven Meisel bought bobby pins there for his shoots. In the '90s, rapper Lil' Kim bought nine pink wigs at Ricky's that ended up in a music video, Kenig said.

Ricky and Todd Kenig haven't been in touch of late, but Todd told The Post he agreed with his brother about the chain's decline.

"We tried to stay ahead of the curve and offer things that no one else had when I was there, but the people who are in charge are not evolving the brand," said Todd Kenig, who retains a 5% stake in the business.

"I think they are winding down all the leases and closing shop," he added.

These days, Ricky Kenig makes private-label products for clients like celebrity hair stylist Danielle Priano, who is part of Mariah Carey's beauty team, and Yusuf Williams, who does Rihanna's hair.

Todd Kenig, meanwhile, is now a real estate investor with a chain of beauty salons.

He's looking to launch a co-working space in Boca Raton, Fla., where he now lives.

"It'll have a hip, fun vibe like Ricky's," he said.

Beloved NYC Beauty Store Ricky's May Not Be Long for This Cold World - Jezebel

Posted: 19 Jun 2019 09:00 AM PDT

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The New York City beauty store Ricky's, with its iconic electric blue toothpaste logo, may end up closing all but two stores, the New York Post reported on Tuesday. It's a potentially sad day for the historic beauty chain, which over the years also lured customers in by selling sex toys, wigs, and Halloween costumes.

Ricky's started as a small store in the West Village and grew its merchandise based on the needs of its clients—who, in the beginning, were often drag queens and people in the fashion industry. One story goes that in the '90s, Lil' Kim walked into a Ricky's and left with "nine pink wigs" she'd later use in a music video. (The video was not specified, but here are two good guesses.)
Here's Ricky Kenig, the founder, in 2016, talking about serving the LGBT community in New York:

When I opened my first store, Halloween was not a big segment in the retail world. But we saw Halloween as an opportunity to expand our brand, so a few years later, around 1991, we started catering to the holiday. In my opinion, Halloween was a spin off of Gay Pride day, which I had felt was a stronger influence in New York City back then.

Over the years, it became known as a go-to destination for drag queens, makeup fiends, and anyone who was looking for a Halloween costume. But Ricky's locations have been closing left and right over the last few years—and Kenig thinks there may not be any left soon. Per the Post:

"I heard that they'll be down to two stores — if not zero — soon," says 56-year-old founder Ricky Kenig, who sold his controlling stake in the company in 2012.

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It's a shame to see this piece of New York history die out, but history alone might not be enough to keep Ricky's afloat: Other big hair and makeup retailers like Sephora have been upping their skincare game, and online shops like Amazon and DermStore have eaten into the brick-and-mortar beauty market in no small way. Ricky's brother Todd told the Post: "We tried to stay ahead of the curve and offer things that no one else had when I was there, but the people who are in charge are not evolving the brand."

Get in and get your fake eyelashes and hair dye while you still can.

Police: Robbery stole cash from Gwinnett County beauty store - FOX 5 Atlanta

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 02:26 PM PDT

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (FOX 5 Atlanta) - Cashier Tony Tripp was ringing up a customer when a bold robber snatched money right out the cash register. Tripp told FOX 5's Deidra Dukes, "No warning or nothing, no mask, no gun. Just grab and run."

Gwinnett County police gathered evidence at the Buddy Beauty Mart on Jimmy Carter Boulevard in Peachtree Corners where the thief struck Tuesday afternoon. Investigators also visited the Family Dollar next door. Family Dollar employees told FOX 5 News the suspect was in their store just moments before the robbery.

"He came into Family Dollar asking can you get change with my store manager. She said she can't open the register by herself you have to purchase something and I guess he didn't like it. He left Family Dollar and went to the Beauty Store," said Cherrie Sargent, store employee.

Store surveillance cameras captured what happened next.

"Gentleman came in, asked if he could get change for a dollar and told him sure hold on a second while the customer was cashing out he just reached over, grabbed and took off," said Tripp.

According to police, the suspect was driving a green 2018 Chevy Colorado with license plate number CIZ 6273. The vehicle was recently carjacked in Chamblee and is reported stolen.

Tripp was thankful the man didn't have a weapon, knowing it could've been a lot worse.

"When he reached over I just grabbed him. I didn't think maybe I could get hurt or he might've had a weapon. Reflex was to just grab his arm. He almost rotated his shoulder out of place trying to snatch free and took off running."

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