Barry Beck, founder/COO Bluemercury, Inc., has received the 2016 Retail Innovator Award from Retail Touchpoints. Beck received the award at the Retail Innovation Conference, which took place May 10-11 in New York City.

Bluemercury is a luxury beauty products and retail spa chain founded by Barry and Maria Beck in 1999 in Washington, DC. In March of 2015, Bluemercury was acquired by Macy’s Inc. and will focus its efforts on the expansion of the brand. 

Touchpoints created the the awards program to recognize esteemed entrepreneurs and business leaders who are moving the retail industry forward by embracing “positive disruption” in retail.

In his remarks to the audience Beck said, “The founding of Bluemercury revolutionized the cosmetics industry by creating the first friendly neighborhood beauty store where you could get expert honest advice.”

Beck added, “We maintain a world class luxury product assortment, a laser focused real estate strategy and a cutting edge human resource model with the most knowledgeable beauty experts in the industry.”