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The
company said demand for its makeup was driven by new products as
well as expanded distribution in retail channels in markets
including the United Kingdom, Italy and the Middle East.
Sales in the makeup division, the company's biggest source of
revenue in the third quarter, rose 7 percent to $1.16 billion.
Estee Lauder also said it would implement a new restructuring
plan aimed at cutting costs and improving research and
development, supply chain and its e-commerce business.
The company said it would cut between 900 to 1,200 jobs
globally, or 2.5 percent of its workforce, as part of the plan,
and incur $600 million-$700 million in restructuring and other
charges.
Net sales rose 3 percent to $2.66 billion in the quarter ended
March 31.
The net income attributable to the company fell to $265.6
million from $272.1 million.
On a per share basis, profit was unchanged at 71 cents per share
compared with a year earlier as the company had a lower share
count in the latest quarter.
Excluding items, Estee Lauder earned 73 cents per share.
Analysts on average had expected earnings of 61 cents per share
and sales of $2.66 billion, according to Thomson Reuters
I/B/E/S.
(Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan and Ramkumar Iyer in
Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza and Maju Samuel)
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