Herbalife Rides Daily Consumption To Q2 Earnings Jump, Revised Guidance
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Herbalife's daily consumption model is bearing substantial fruit across many of its 73 markets, driving record sales and prompting a significant earnings guidance hike
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