Pola Orbis sales climb 8.5%
Japanese beauty company ended 2012 with net sales of ¥180,873m
Japanese beauty company Pola Orbis has ended 2012 with net sales of ¥180,873m – an 8.5% increase on the prior year. The positive result has been attributed to solid domestic sales of the Pola brand business, as well as earnings from Jurlique, which the company acquired in February last year for approximately US $300m. Operating income, meanwhile, rose 5.2% year on year to ¥13,520m, although net income fell 16.9% to ¥6,681m.
Within the company’s Beauty Care segment, which consists of its flagship brands Pola and Orbis, along with brands under development Orlane, Decencia and Three, and overseas brands H2O Plus and Jurlique, net sales came to ¥168,811m, edging up 9.1% on the prior year. Operating income totalled ¥11,812m, up 9.5% year on year.
