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.

After nearly four years of collaboration, Ulta Beauty and Minneapolis-based Target jointly announced Thursday they will end their shop-in-shop partnership when the current agreement expires. “We’re proud of our shared success with Ulta Beauty and the experience we’ve delivered together,