The 600 mini-Ulta Beauty stores inside Target stores nationwide, which includes 13 in the Bay Area, will close next year. Both companies agreed not to renew their partnership, but neither company offered a reason for the split. OAKLAND, Calif. - Ulta Beauty and Target have "mutually agreed" to close the mini-Ultas inside Target stores next year.

Target and Ulta Beauty are parting ways next summer originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Ulta Beauty is exiting hundreds of Target Corp. stores in a year.

According to a joint release issued Thursday, the companies said they have “mutually agreed” not to renew their pact, which concludes in August 2026. Until then, the Ulta Beauty experience at Target will continue in Target stores and on Target.com, the release said.