With their new MUSE accelerator platform, Ulta aims to help 8 early-stage BIPOC beauty brands on their path to success.

The initiative’s stated mission is to magnify, uplift, support, and empower underrepresented beauty brand founders of color. Offering one-on-one mentorships and training from some of the top leaders in the beauty space, Ulta’s goal is to level the beauty industry’s voice representation. From development support in areas of funding (offering up to $50,000 in financial support), to best practice training for success in the long-run, to direct mentorship, offering personalized guidance, the new MUSE program is set to be a powerful force multiplier for BIPOC vision in the beauty space.

Accelerated Analytics helps brands not only drive success with their business, but demonstrate ownership of coveted retail shelf space. We work with the raw data that retailers provide (such as portal files, EDI 852 documents, etc.) and help make sense of this data, organizing it into practical, actionable, and human-readable data points that help your brand management team navigate the daily changes in consumer tides. A level of inventory management, nimbleness, and readiness that retailers like Ulta expect, yet don’t always see. We know Ulta…

Check out our dedicated Ulta Reports here. Then, let’s set up a meet to look over your brand’s use of its available data and how our sales reporting tools can help your brand specifically stay ahead of the curve at box stores like Target and Ulta.