Ulta Beauty on Thursday laid out plans to boost sales and gain market share after a first-quarter sales slowdown. Comparable sales, a metric that tracks Ulta stores open at least 14 months along with online sales, increased 1.6% year over year, a stark slowdown from the same period a year earlier when Ulta reported comparable … Read more
Oddity Il Makiage Coutesy: Oddity A short seller on Tuesday alleged that beauty and wellness company Oddity Tech has been misleading investors and isn’t the online-only retailer it’s claimed to be. The firm, Ningi Research, published a 50-page report that details a slew of allegations against the newly public retailer, including that it runs a … Read more
As Ulta Beauty says it expects a slowdown in retail’s most resilient category, an upstart says it’s bucking the trend. Oddity Tech – the newly public Israeli cosmetics platform that uses AI to develop products — posted first quarter results that blew past expectations and raised its full-year guidance. Here’s how the beauty retailer behind … Read more
