...as US prestige beauty sales surpass pre-recession highs

摘要

Market research company NPD Group has reported that prestige make-up sales in the US have surpassed pre-recession figures.The report found that for the period from January to June 2011, total prestige skincare and make-up sales in US department stores exceeded sales for the first half of 2008.In the first half of 2011, prestige women's and men's skin care sales increased 14 and nine per cent respectively, on the same period in 2008. Meanwhile prestige make-up sales also fared well, growing four per cent compared with pre-recession levels.While all categories of prestige makeup saw growth, the most marked improvement came in the nail category,which has grown 65 per cent since 2008.