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Ulta Beauty named Mia Young as SVP Cosmetics, overseeing fragrance, makeup, and private label and helping to drive the company’s merchandising strategy to launch, build, scale, and globalize the most exciting brands in beauty.

Young is an experienced executive with almost 20 years of experience in beauty and a deep track record of brand development. She was most recently Chief Commercial Officer at Tatcha and before that held the same position at Hourglass. She held c-suite and senior leadership merchandising roles at Lane Crawford and Saks Fifth Avenue earlier in her career.

“I’ve already got an incredible merchandising and digital team, and I’ve been thoughtfully considering this role, because I want to make sure it unlocks our next chapter of growth, and we were adding new capabilities to the organization to really add that rocket fuel,” said Ulta Chief Digital and Merchandising Officer Lauren Brindley said in an interview. “Mia Young is an exceptional leader. She’s got 20 years in beauty, so she’s a beauty expert, and she has a track record in brand development, trend leadership and category building. She brings the exact muscle that we want to strengthen for the next chapter of our growth. Her role is going to be influential in how we architect our assortment.”

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