Joyous Tidings: Holiday Fragrance Sales To Cap Strong Year
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Despite a tough economy, U.S. fragrance sales are up in 2011 going into the critical holiday season, outpacing the overall beauty market for the first time in over a decade. Analysts at the Fragrance Foundation’s Nov. 17 State of the Industry event speculate on why.
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