Solid Prestige Beauty Sales To Date In 2007 Make NPD Optimistic About Q4
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Prestige beauty stands to post strong fourth-quarter sales based on positive growth particularly in the makeup category during the third quarter, market researcher The NPD Group says in a Dec. 11 release
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