Ulta Beauty reopens 180 stores but spikes product testers

Published: 11-May-2020
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Ulta Beauty reopens 180 stores but spikes product testers

Ulta Beauty has reopened approximately 180 stores today under a set of new Covid-19 safety measures.

Stores that are reopening, in what is being called the ‘first phase’, are located in

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