NEUTROGENA U.S. "UPTURN" HELPS DRIVE SECOND QUARTER SALES
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
NEUTROGENA U.S. "UPTURN" HELPS DRIVE SECOND QUARTER SALES up 9.7% to $73 mil., the company said in a May 25 financial report for the three months ended April 30. The second quarter results "reflect a strong upturn in our domestic business, which started well into our second quarter and is continuing into May," Neutrogena Chairman and CEO Lloyd Cotsen explained. In the first quarter, the firm's U.S. sales dropped 17.4% to $46.6 mil. due to declines in its bath and shower care lines and lost shipping and selling days because of the extreme weather in the East and Midwest.