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Prestige Makeup Sales Jump 8%

Market size reaches $2.8 billion, according to The NPD Group.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Color cosmetics sales in prestige outlets continue to flourish. During the first 10 months of 2011, total prestige makeup dollar sales in US department stores rose 8% to $2.8 billion, according to The NPD Group, Inc., a leading market research company. During that time, unit sales grew 5% to nearly 117 million units. October was the tenth month of dollar growth and the ninth month of unit growth for the year. In the first 10 months of the year, all prestige makeup segments posted dollar gr...

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