Merz Apothecary On A High Growth Trajectory

Chicago’s Merz Apothecary is looking pretty good for its age — or any age, for that matter. The 142-year-old omnichannel retailer boasts two thriving brick-and-mortar locations, a booming website and one of the oldest Amazon storefronts on the e-commerce platform. Merz also dips its toes into the beauty and wellness wholesale business. “We’ve been importing a lot of products that don’t have [U.S.] distribution from the beginning of time,” says Merz Apothecary president Anthony Qaiyum, only partially joking. Beauty Independent spoke to him about leading one of the oldest retail businesses in the country, Merz’s early adoption of web sales and striking out as an Amazon seller before Amazon sellers were widely permitted.

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