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Skin Care, Makeup Lead Prestige Sales in Q2

Fragrance flattens out, says NPD in recent report.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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In US department Stores, prestige beauty products totaled $2.4 billion for the second quarter of 2013, a 2% increase over Q2 2012, according to a recent The NPD Group / NPD BeautyTrends report. Sales of fragrance, representing 25% of prestige beauty dollars, remained flat. Skin care, representing 36%  of prestige beauty sales, grew 4%, said NPD. Makeup, representing the majority of the prestige beauty business at 39%, grew 3%, the report showed.                 “Face sets and hair drove the sec...

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