Ulta news and trends

ChatGPT Flexes Muscles in Unexpected Arena as Estée Lauder Beauty Consultant

November 25, 2024
ChatGPT’s New Role: Estée Lauder Beauty Consultant
Ulta Aims for 50 Million Loyalty Members and 200 New Stores
Retail // October 17, 2024

Ulta Beauty plans to open 200 new stores as part of a long-term strategy announced this week. At its investors’ day Wednesday (Oct. 16), the beauty retailer said it hopes to open the new locations over the next three years, bringing its store count to...

Ulta Beauty Doubles Down on Social Media and Digital Strategy
Retail // September 09, 2024

Ulta Beauty is transforming its brand image into a social powerhouse, capitalizing on a surge of digital engagement to elevate its market presence. During the company’s second-quarter earnings call (Aug. 29), CEO Dave Kimbell revealed that despite a modest net sales increase (0.9%) to $2.6 billion...

Ulta Beauty Store Sales Hit by Increased Competition and Market Shifts
Retail // August 30, 2024

Amid escalating competitive pressures, Ulta Beauty is facing a challenging retail environment that impacted its store performance in the second quarter, according to earnings results. Although the beauty sector remains strong, the rapid influx of new competitors has challenged Ulta’s ability to sustain its market...

Beekman 1802 Co-Founder: AI Enables More Compelling Retail Education
Retail // August 12, 2024

As beauty brands look for ways to explain their products to consumers without losing the shopper’s interest, Beekman 1802 is seeing artificial intelligence and augmented reality open possibilities for more engrossing educational experiences. Physician (and reality television star) Dr. Brent Ridge, co-founder of the skincare...

Interviews & Exclusives
ChatGPT Flexes Muscles in Unexpected Arena as Estée Lauder Beauty Consultant

November 25, 2024
Beauty companies increasingly use artificial intelligence to transform how they develop and market products, with personalization and convenience at the forefront. Beauty juggernaut Estée Lauder Companies partnered with OpenAI this month to implement AI across its brands. The companies built 240 AI applications to analyze consumer data and develop products across its beauty brands. “We’re […]

Ulta: The Future of Beauty Is Click-and-Mortar™

June 05, 2024
As consumers seek more convenient buying options for even the most historically on-site trial-based categories, the beauty industry is transforming to meet shoppers’ increasing Click-and-Mortar™ expectations. Ulta Beauty, for instance,...

Retailers Rethink Strategies as Consumer Spending Sinks

March 16, 2023
January’s consumer spending numbers have turned out to be a temporary reprieve, as customers continue to cut back. The most recent Commerce Department spending numbers were released on Wednesday (Mar....

What Price Loyalty? Ulta, KeyBank, novae Say Points Must Be Spendable, Programs Flexible

December 21, 2020
Rewards points and programs may spur customers to make purchases, but do they inspire loyalty that lives on after the transaction is made? It was the main question put to...

Quick Reads
Ulta Aims for 50 Million Loyalty Members and 200 New Stores

October 17, 2024
Ulta Beauty plans to open 200 new stores as part of a long-term strategy announced this week. At its investors’ day Wednesday (Oct. 16), the beauty retailer said it hopes to open the new locations over the next three years, bringing its store count to more than 1,800, according to a press release. Ulta also […]

Ulta: Consumer Engagement With Beauty and Wellness Drives Record Results

March 10, 2023
Consumers’ interest in beauty and wellness products and services remained strong in the fourth quarter for Ulta Beauty. The company completed a year of record sales, profitability and member growth...

Honest Co. Hopes Retail P’ships With Walmart, Ulta, GNC Will Reverse Sales Slump

May 13, 2022
As its sales slump stretches to a year, The Honest Company is touting ongoing and new partnerships as key to helping it reverse course for its clean lifestyle brand ahead...

Ulta Beauty Sees Q4 Net Sales Up 24.1%

March 11, 2022
Ulta Beauty appears to be faring well in the increasingly fierce battle for customers in the beauty care space, as Sephora is deepening its in-store presence at Kohl’s and Walmart...