Specialty retailers account for 9.2% of total cosmetics and toiletry sales in 2010, up from 8.4% in 2005. They continue to revolutionize the merchandising of cosmetic and toiletry products and are carefully monitored and often mimicked by other channels. Kline's Beauty Retailing U.S. Specialty Stores is a comprehensive analysis of the specialty stores purchase channel, providing an accurate, detailed examination of the competitive landscape at the retail level. Sales performance for the channel as a whole and by subclass (vertically integrated stores like Bath & Body Works, cosmetics specialty stores like Ulta and Sephora, beauty supply stores and apparel specialty stores) is provided for 27 product categories.