Finance In Brief
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Elizabeth Arden Q3: Sales of recently launched Elizabeth Arden Mediterranean and of With Love...Hilary Duff and double- digit growth of Elizabeth Arden skin care and cosmetics drove revenue up 14.6% to $219.2 mil. in the third quarter (ended March 31), Arden reports May 3. Sales of prestige fragrances to mass retail customers also contributed appreciably to the company's performance; Arden's U.S. mass retail business rose 26%, "well ahead" of category growth, firm says. Growth in Asia Pacific and the travel retail markets helped push international sales up more than 10%. During the third quarter, Arden completed its integration of Sovereign Sales, acquired last year (1"The Rose Sheet" Aug. 21, 2006, In Brief). Firm anticipates that "a strong pipeline" of new mass fragrance brands for the U.S. market will drive 2007 sales up 15% to 18% over the prior year to $954.6 mil...