JAPAN’S PERSONAL CARE SECTOR TAKES A HTIT IN EARTHQUAKE TRAGEDY, BUT REMAINS BULLISH
April 1st, 2011
BY JULIAN RYALL
IN comparison with some other industries, Japan's cosmetics and beauty care companies have emerged relatively unscathed from the twin natural disasters of an earthquake and tsunami that devastated large parts of the north-east on March 11. That, however, is a relative assessment of the situation as while personal care product firms here will have lost tens of millions of dollars in revenues, Japan's automobile industry has lost billions. It is also, as yet, inexact as companies struggle to put a precise figure on their losses.
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