New York-based Inter Parfums Inc. met Wall Street analysts’ expectations for the third quarter by turning in profits that were up 9.3 percent to $6.2 million, from $5.7 million a year ago, or net earnings per diluted share of 20 cents, versus 18 cents a year ago.
Results were boosted by record sales that, as [...]
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AZUSA, Calif. — Third-quarter profits at Physicians Formula Holdings Inc. grew to $1.7 million, or 12 cents a diluted share, from $102,000, or a penny a share, in the same period a year ago because of tax benefits and a shift in timing of inventory returns.
The cosmetics firm, a leader in the bronzer market [...]
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Bare Escentuals Inc. posted a nearly 12 percent gain in third-quarter profits, but took measures to brace for a bumpy end to 2008, including trimming its workforce by 10 percent.
During the mineral makeup firm’s earnings call Thursday evening, chief executive officer Leslie Blodgett said of the layoffs, “As much as this has been a [...]
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By Andrew Roberts MILAN ? Size matters to Giorgio Armani.
After his fashion empire registered a 17 percent increase in operating profits in 2007, the 73-year-old designer said Thursday he expects further retail expansion worldwide will fuel growth this year and ease [...]
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By Samantha Conti LONDON ? De Beers SA doesn’t see a sparkling 2008.The diamond firm said Friday there is a high level of uncertainty over world market conditions, and the “economic conditions in the U.S. [...]
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