It's possible Buffett and his investing partners soured on the economics of this spa and beauty products business, which has been struggling with weaker consumer spending trends for more than a year.

Simple ideas can produce market-beating stocks too, including cosmetics retailer Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA). Ulta Beauty is a U.S. cosmetics retailer with 1,437 stores as of the end of its fiscal ...

Shelley E. Kohan covers the retail industry and is based in New York. Ulta Beauty continues to expand its footprint in the U.S. market, and consumers continue to support the beauty retailer ...