Buyers snap up organic hygiene items

Buyers snap up organic hygiene items
Tags: Specialty Stores
September 14, 2008

(Forth Wayne, Ind.) Journal Gazette: Sales of natural personal-care products are growing strongly, despite a softer U.S. economy. Even with high prices for food and energy crimping people's splurges, analysts say the boom isn't going to end anytime soon. Last year, U.S. sales of such items rose 12.5 percent, when adjusted for inflation, to $465 million, according to a report from research firm Mintel. And Natural Products Association estimates the natural personal-care industry is growing five times faster than regular personal-care products.

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