Dillon’s three years at the helm of the Bolingbrook-based retailer have been a thing of beauty. Ulta’s current 860 stores? Dillon wants 1,200. Ulta has hired more than 5,300 people to staff the hundreds of stores she’s already opened. Among her fans: Starbucks, which recently asked her to join its board.
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