Ritch Wood, Nu Skin's chief Financial Officer, said, "Our gain so far this year is the culmination of several years of strong performance and new-product launches. We've been seeing strong sales growth in many of the emerging markets, along with Southeast Asia and mainland China."
According to The Salt Lake Tribune/Bloomberg Index, made up primarily of companies with market capitalizations of $1 billion or less, shares of Nu Skin Enterprises gained 34 percent during the first nine months of 2011. Nu Skin was the best-performing company on The Tribune/Bloomberg Index.
