Alberto-Culver
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Consumer product division sales grew 10.8% in fiscal Q2 (ended March 31) to $330.2 mil., driven by the continued strength of Tresemme hair care and new products introduced under Alberto VO5 and St. Ives brands in the U.S. and abroad, President & CEO Howard Bernick reports during April 28 conference call. Firm's Beauty Systems Group division had a "challenging year due to a loss of sales and sales force disruption resulting from certain full service product line disruption changes in the United States," company says. Alberto reported Q2 net sales of $884.1 mil., a 7.9% increase, while net earnings grew 20.9% to $49.1 mil. including a non-cash charge related to the company's conversion to one class of common stock in the first quarter of 2004...