NBTY Expects Potholes On Private Label Profit Road
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Dietary supplement manufacturer and retailer NBTY expects increased competition in the store brand arena to drive down its gross profits, nearly two years after it made private label sales a much larger part of its business by acquiring competitor Leiner Health Products
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