Retail & CommerceUlta BeautySephora
Retail & CommerceUlta BeautySephora

Beauty Contest

Will Ulta or Sephora grow customers faster in August?

The strip mall against the luxury counter. America's two beauty giants, settled on which wins more faces in August.

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Early Pool
Ulta Beauty—
Sephora—
$
Graduation Progress26%
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$13of $50 to graduate

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Early Pool
Ulta Beauty—
Sephora—
$
Graduation Progress26%
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$13of $50 to graduate

Activity

MARKET WINDOW

August 1 to 31, compared against July 1 to 31.

DEFINITIONS & SCOPE

Unique purchasers is the count of distinct verified cardholders transacting at each retailer during the month, stores and online. Sephora transactions inside Kohl's attribute to Sephora where billed under Sephora's descriptor. Growth is the percentage change versus July.

RESOLUTION METHOD

The retailer with the higher month-over-month customer growth rate wins. Resolution requires a minimum of 10,000 qualifying transactions per side. In the event of a tie, all positions are refunded in full.

DATA SOURCE

Powered by verified transaction data from American Spend's oracle. Anonymized, aggregated, and secured. Real, objective, verified proof of spend sourced from a representative sample of consumer spending.

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