NBTY Trims US Retail Profile While Exiting Contract Manufacturing

The Vitamin World deal jettisons one of NBTY's slower-performing businesses after the firm previously began exiting the low-margin contract manufacturing sector. The acquisition by a Centre Lane Partners unit is the second private equity move in the supplement space in two weeks.

[NBTY Inc.] sheds its Vitamin World Inc. US retail chain as private equity interest in the dietary supplement arena spreads with a Centre Lane Partners LLC affiliate paying $25m for the 380-store and online business.

The deal announced Feb. 2 jettisons one of NBTY's slower-performing businesses after the manufacturer and marketer previously said it will leave the low-margin contract manufacturing business

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