SHAVING PREPARATIONS PRODUCER PRICES RISE 4.9% IN 1993
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
SHAVING PREPARATIONS PRODUCER PRICES RISE 4.9% IN 1993, according to Producer Price Index data released Jan. 12 by the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The increase in manufacturer level prices, the largest gain in 1993 among the cosmetics categories tracked by "The Rose Sheet," was generated by a 5.4% advance in the first six months of the year based on restated figures. In the second half, shaving preparations prices dropped .5%. In 1992, shaving preparations prices were up 1.3%. A subcategory of shaving preparations, aftershaves, recorded a 4.8% price gain in 1993.