Company profile: Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance (NASDAQ:ULTA)

Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (Ulta) is a beauty retailer. The Company provides salon products and salon services in the United States. It offers a combination of more than 20,000 prestige and mass beauty products. As of January 31, 2016, it operated 917 stores in 47 states. 

HQ:
1000 Remington Blvd Ste 120
Bolingbrook, IL 60440-4708
United States

Website http://www.ulta.com

• Has the highest sales growth among the 100 retailers in the S&P Retail Select Industry Index.
• The cosmetics retailer has used its popular ULTAmate Rewards loyalty program and "authentic indie" brands like Urban Decay to attract teens and steal market share from CVS Health (NYSE:CVS), Target (NYSE:TGT) and other general stores.
• Ulta carries cosmetics and skincare brands, men's and women's fragrances, and haircare products. Each store is also equipped with a salon.
• Ulta was founded in 1990 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
• The company plans to increase its retail footprint to up to 1,700 stores, almost doubling its current number of stores, and will roll out a new store experience that will be complimented by e-commerce. E-commerce is intended to enhance the new in-store experience, which will feature an enhanced wall presentation and a Benefit Brow Bar.

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Ulta's CEO Mary Dillon