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  "company": "Ulta",
  "headline": "Ulta leans into exclusivity amid Target Beauty Studio competition.",
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  "source_url": "https://www.retaildive.com/news/ulta-leans-into-exclusivity-q2/829056/",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Packaging Play}\n◆ PAPER · Exclusive product strategy · Ulta\n\nUlta leans into exclusivity amid Target Beauty Studio competition.\n\nTarget Beauty Studio is a direct assault on Ulta's traffic. Ulta cannot win on convenience or price, so it's buying time with exclusives. It's a smart short-term move, but it signals that Ulta is feeling the pressure. Exclusivity works only if you have the brands willing to grant it and customers who believe those brands are worth the extra trip. Early days.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/ulta-2026-08-31t03-7\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/ulta-2026-08-31t03-7\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/ulta-2026-08-31t03-7",
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      "title": "Ulta leans into exclusivity amid Target Beauty Studio competition.",
      "body": "✍️ YOUR NOTE — write 2–3 lines to ONE person so they feel: \"this is about me… I could actually do this… I could make money from this.\" Energize them, make it yours. (This is the part that gets the opens.)\n[ your take… ]\n———\nHere is a real one you can run this week 👇\nUlta responded to Target Beauty Studio's market entry by leaning into exclusive brand partnerships and product availability, per Retail Dive.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): when a larger, cheaper competitor enters your category, do not lower price — raise scarcity. Secure exclusive SKUs or limited drops from your best-selling brands and make those exclusives visible in-store and at point of sale. The customer should feel they can only get X, Y, Z at your location. For a retailer or DTC brand with traffic: secure exclusives from your supplier and lead with them in your marketing and in-store signage. Scarcity beats price when the product is sought after.\nWhat that means for you: Target Beauty Studio is a direct assault on Ulta's traffic. Ulta cannot win on convenience or price, so it's buying time with exclusives. It's a smart short-term move, but it signals that Ulta is feeling the pressure. Exclusivity works only if you have the brands willing to grant it and customers who believe those brands are worth the extra trip. Early days.\nIf you make, sell, or gift anything with your name on it — this is yours to run. You can do this.\n(Real, not theory — Retail Dive: https://www.retaildive.com/news/ulta-leans-into-exclusivity-q2/829056/.)\n———\nOr — want it built FOR you? Your logo, your products, your own private room, priced and ready, in about five minutes. That's literally what we do →\nhttps://www.pops4.com/vip?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stash",
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