Article: United States: Vitamin Shoppe Operator s 9.1M-Share IPO Priced At $17.

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Vitamin Shoppe operator VS Holdings Inc.'s initial public offering of 9.1 million shares priced at $17 a share Tuesday, above its expected range of $14 to $16. The vitamin specialty retailer's stock is expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol VSI.

VS, which scrapped plans for an IPO earlier this year amid the stock market swoon, operates 434 stores in the U.S. and also sells nutritional supplements online and through catalogs. Most of its sales are generated by its retail shops, which showed same-store sales growth in the first half of 2009, albeit at a lower level than a year earlier.

The company plans ...

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