NBTY Announces Preliminary Unaudited Net Sales Results for January 2010

RONKONKOMA, N.Y., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NBTY, Inc. (NYSE: NTY) (www.NBTY.com), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, today announced the following preliminary unaudited net sales results for the month of January 2010 by segment:

    
    
    
    
                                       NET SALES
                               (Preliminary and Unaudited)
                                FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY
                                    ($ In Millions)
    
                                                   2010    2009   % Change
                                                   ----    ----   --------
    
    Wholesale / US Nutrition                       $132    $109        22%
    
    North American Retail                           $18     $17         6%
    
    European Retail                                 $54     $46        19%
    
    Direct Response / E-Commerce                    $23     $21        10%
                                                    ---     ---        ---
    
    Total                                          $228    $193        18%
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North American Retail same store sales increased 5% for the one month period.  In local currency, (British Pound Sterling), European Retail net sales increased 7% and same store sales increased 4%.  

ABOUT NBTY

NBTY is a leading global vertically integrated manufacturer, marketer and distributor of a broad line of high-quality, value-priced nutritional supplements in the United States and throughout the world. Under a number of NBTY and third party brands, the Company offers over 25,000 products, including products marketed by the Company's Nature's Bounty(R) (www.NaturesBounty.com), Vitamin World(R) (www.VitaminWorld.com), Puritan's Pride(R) (www.Puritan.com), Holland & Barrett(R) (www.HollandAndBarrett.com), Rexall(R) (www.Rexall.com), Sundown(R) (www.SundownNutrition.com), MET-Rx(R)  (www.MetRX.com), Worldwide Sport Nutrition(R) (www.SportNutrition.com), American Health(R) (www.AmericanHealthUS.com), GNC (UK)(R) (www.GNC.co.uk), DeTuinen(R) (www.DeTuinen.nl), LeNaturiste™ (www.LeNaturiste.com), SISU (R) (www.SISU.com), Solgar(R) (www.Solgar.com), Good 'n' Natural(R) (www.goodnnatural.com), Home Health™ (www.homehealthus.com), Julian Graves, and Ester-C (R) (www.Ester-C.com) brands.  NBTY routinely posts information that may be important to investors on its web site.

SOURCE NBTY, Inc.