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Profits Fall 20% at Bare Escentuals

Quarterly drop for mineral makeup leader.

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By: Jamie Matusow

Editor-in-Chief

For a company on the rise, even Bare Escentuals Inc. has taken a financial hit this year. For the three months ended June 28, profits at the mineral makeup giant slipped 20% to $19.8 million. Net sales dropped 4.4% to $132.5 million.

However, compared with the prior-year period, North American retail sales rose 5.2% in the quarter to $77.9 million, while direct-to-consumer sales declined 19.5% to $39 million. International sales dropped 2.7% to $15.6 million in the quarter.

For the first six months of fiscal 2009, Bare Escentuals’ net income declined 27.8% to $36.5 million.

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