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Article: The future of fine fragrance: holiday 2002 fragrance sales were unimpressive. But fragrance marketers are putting that behind them with fresh new ideas for spring.
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- Household & Personal Products Industry
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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FIRST, THE BAD NEWS: fragrance sales were down again, by 8.5% for women's cologne and perfume and by 2.5% in men's cologne and lotions (in food, drug and mass merchandisers excluding Wal-Mart for the 52 weeks ending Jan. 25), according to ACNielsen data.
And the prestige segment in U.S. department stores, a larger percentage of fragrance's total sales, didn't fare much better; The NPD Group, Port Washington, NY, reported that fragrances in this category declined 3.5%, generating $2.8 billion in sales for 2002.
The good news? Fragrance houses aren't about to give up. Despite continuing consumer hesitance to spend, fragrance marketers are convinced that ...