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Case Study Of Ulta Beauty

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Ulta Beauty is a chain beauty store with over 19,000 employees and 974 locations all across America. Ulta carries 20,000 products and 460 brands that consist of, cosmetic, skincare, haircare, and fragrance products for men and women. Majority of their inventory and sales come from cosmetic makeup brands. Ulta carries higher end makeup brands and well as lower end drug store brands. Their main target market and customers are women of all ages who use any type of beauty product. Their wide range of products can reach to all types of customers and they offer something that majority of people use. In 2013 Mary Dillon former chief of US cellular and chief executive of Mcdonald's became the new CEO. Since then Ulta sales have increased largely. At the end of 2015 …show more content…

However a store dedicated to only cosmetics and that has a large variety of brands and products is more appealing to the customer. Another large strength that differentiates Ulta from its competitors our their in store salons. Each Ulta location has a 950 square foot salon. Equipped with 8-10 salon station. Their salons offer services such as hair cut, hair coloring, facials, manicures, and skin treatments with trained and certified beauticians. A majority of Ulta’s marketing comes from their direct mail catalog and email catalog. This gives a full display of the products they offer and includes coupons for the store. This is a great way to encourage people to shop at their store by showing all they have to offer and giving them a discount. The makeup and beauty industry is on the rise currently with many people wanting high end beauty products. Many new beauty brands are being introduced and existing brands expanding their beauty lines. Brands are fighting to get shelf space on stores such as Ulta and Sephora. This has lead to Ulta being able to charge these companies more because the demand for shelf space is so high. Struggling to compete with other brands many high end beauty products such as Bobbi

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