August 24th 2026 Week Beauty News
Last week in beauty, Ulta grew double digits in H1 26 while Proya reported flat sales.
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Beauty retailers diverging trajectories in Q2 26
With €2.62bn ($3.04bn) in sales, Ulta outpaces every other listed pure-play beauty retailer by a factor of nearly three, its 9% growth driven by a 3.8% comparable sales gain, the…
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