Limited's B&BW Posts First Profitable Q3 In Years; H1N1 Has Soap Sales Up
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Limited Brands' Bath & Body Works division plans a "re-stage" of its antibacterial line in January, with sales of pocket-bag hand sanitizers up in the third quarter partly due to concerns about the H1N1 "swine flu.
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