NBTY Cites Lower Margins As The Cost Of Higher Private-Label Sales
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Dietary supplement manufacturer NBTY's gross margins are unlikely to exceed 50 percent again largely because private-label product sales have nearly doubled since its acquisition of Leiner Health Products
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