Prestige Consumer Healthcare Grows International Sales 8%, Citing Hydralyte Expansion
Executive Summary
Prestige Consumer Healthcare’s Hydralyte sales grew in excess of 20% fiscal year-to-date in key market Australia, reflecting PCH’s work to expand the brand’s appeal from a vomiting and diarrhea treatment to a sports and general hydration drink. Hydralyte is PCH’s biggest brand in Australia where the name is “synonymous with oral hydration,” company leadership says.
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