[PAR] [TLE] Sephora [SEP] Sephora first launched in Paris in a partnership between the UK's Boots PLC and Nouvelles Galeries as a perfumery chain in 1970.  It was purchased by Dominique Mandonnaud in 1993, who merged the purchase with his own perfume chain under the Sephora brand.  Mandonnaud is credited for founding and implementing Sephora's "assisted self-service," sales experience, which departed from then-typical retail models for cosmetics by encouraging customers to try products in-store before purchasing. [PAR] [TLE] GiftCards.com [SEP] GiftCards.com is an online gift card retailer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  The company sells gift cards for thousands of different large corporate retailers and small businesses including Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Sephora, Coach, Amazon.com, and others.  The company also offers prepaid Visa and MasterCard gift cards.  GiftCards.com is considered the largest online gift card retailer and has appeared on the "Inc." 5000 list multiple times (most recently in 2015).  The company is currently owned by Blackhawk Network Holdings after its purchase of the retailer in 2016.
[PAR] [TLE] Sephora [ SEP ] Sephora first launched in Paris in a partnership between the UK 's Boots PLC and Nouvelles Galeries as a perfumery chain in 1970 . It was purchased by Dominique Mandonnaud in 1993 , who merged the purchase with his own perfume chain under the Sephora brand . Mandonnaud is credited for founding and implementing Sephora 's " assisted self - service , " sales experience , which departed from then - typical retail models for cosmetics by encouraging customers to try products in - store before purchasing . [PAR] [TLE] GiftCards.com [ SEP ] GiftCards.com is an online gift card retailer based in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . The company sells gift cards for thousands of different large corporate retailers and small businesses including Best Buy , Barnes & Noble , Sephora , Coach , Amazon.com , and others . The company also offers prepaid Visa and MasterCard gift cards . GiftCards.com is considered the largest online gift card retailer and has appeared on the " Inc. " 5000 list multiple times ( most recently in 2015 ) . The company is currently owned by Blackhawk Network Holdings after its purchase of the retailer in 2016 .
when was the cosmetic company whose gift cards are purchasable on GiftCards.com purchased by Dominique Mandonnaud?
when was the cosmetic company whose gift cards are purchasable on GiftCards.com purchased by Dominique Mandonnaud ?
1993
1993