NBTY Pegs Sports Nutrition To Help Offset Private Label Slump
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
NBTY prioritizes development of sports nutrition products and wants to broaden the category as it increases its focus on branded sales due to competitive pressure in the private label space.
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