Helen of Troy is looking to sell key brands in its personal care business, but does not include its assortment of beauty care appliances, the company announced on Monday, March 11.
Fiscal year third quarter sales at Helen of Troy were up 2.4% as strong growth in the company’s housewares division offset declines in its health and home and beauty divisions.
Pur Water Filtration, a Helen of Troy Ltd. business, recently donated 20,000 faucet water filtration systems and 500 water filter pitchers valued at more than $450,000 to the city of Newark, New Jersey.
Second quarter net revenue at Helen of Troy was up more than 14% as strong growth in the company’s housewares and health and home divisions were the key drivers.
Helen of Troy gained momentum with its Project Refuel strategies, reporting net sales growth for its fiscal first quarter led by its health and home and housewares segments.
Pur Water Filtration, a Helen of Troy business, has expanded its assortment including faucet filtration systems, pitchers and dispensers.
As it continued to implement its Project Refuel strategy to streamline the business, Helen of Troy reported fourth quarter sales growth driven by its health and home and housewares divisions.
Helen of Troy has reported overall sales growth of 2.6% in the third quarter ended November 30, 2017, led by its Housewares and Home & Health segments.
In a move to focus on its core home, housewares and beauty brands, Helen of Troy has sold Healthy Directions LLC and its subsidiaries, which make up the company’s nutritional supplements segment, to Direct Digital LLC.
PUR has selected Brandgenuity to serve as its licensing agency in North America. The agency is tasked with extending the water filtration brand and leveraging it into new product categories.
Helen of Troy reported slight gains for the second quarter ended August 31, with the housewares segment again driving growth.
Helen of Troy reported a solid start for its first quarter 2018, ended May 31, 2017, with its housewares segment driving sales growth.
Helen of Troy reported mixed results for its fourth quarter ended February 28, 2017, posting a strong increase in net income although net sales declined. The company said its housewares business showed positive growth momentum, while its health and beauty segments showed declines.
Third quarter net sales at Helen of Troy were flat as growth in its housewares segment offset declines in the company’s other key product categories.
Helen of Troy has appointed Thurman Case to its board of directors, effective January 1, 2017.
Pur Water Filtration, from Helen of Troy, has introduced the next generation of its faucet water filtration systems. The new lineup includes Pur Ultimate, Pur Advanced and Pur Basic.
Kaz, a division of Helen of Troy, has launched new ceramic heaters under its Honeywell brand.
Kaz, a division of Helen of Troy, has launched the Honeywell compact AirGenius 4 air cleaner, a slightly smaller version of the company’s AirGenius 4 tower air cleaner.
After more than 20 years at Oxo, Alex Lee has announced his retirement effective June of 2017.
Second quarter revenue at Helen of Troy was flat, as an influx of sales from Hydro Flask offset declines in the company’s beauty and nutritional supplements segments.