Quigley sales
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Cold-Eeze marketer spent $714,329 on cooperative advertising promotions during third quarter ended Sept. 30, more than triple the level spent in the year-ago period, 1Quigley's 10-Q says. Net sales rose 19.2% to $8.3 mil., with a net loss of $500,395, compared to net income of $313,615 in the year-ago period. Quigley is partnering with CDC to include educational materials about appropriate antibiotic use in Cold-Eeze samples sent to 7,000-8,000 healthcare providers by year end. Firm also intends to introduce one Cold-Eeze line extension in March 2003; honey lemon-flavored zinc lozenge, the line's most recent addition, began shipping in August (2"The Tan Sheet" Feb. 25, 2002, In Brief)...