P&G Beauty Grows On Fine Fragrances; Blades, Razors Drive Sales Overall
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Prestige fragrance sales helped drive eight percent growth in Procter & Gamble's beauty business to $5.88 billion for the firm's fiscal year 2007 second quarter, ended Dec. 31, 2006, the company says
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