JAPAN: Wacoal posts nine-month net profit growth
Author: Petah Marian | 31 January 2012
Lingerie company Wacoal today (31 January) recorded a jump in nine-month net profit as the company said it continued to improve profitability through the structural reform of its domestic operations and through developing its Chinese business.
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