Prestige Beauty Lines Ring In Holiday Season Riding Sales Growth, Reining In Price Increases
Executive Summary
Prestige beauty sales should be strong through year-end with high-income consumer base less likely to feel squeeze of inflation, NPD Group forecasts. In 2022 first half, US consumers with more than $100,000 household incomes spent nearly $9bn on beauty products, a 14% increase.
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