Shiseido suffers domestic sales dip

Meanwhile, over the third quarter of 2012, demand in North and South America remained reasonably strong but was sluggish in Europe. However, total third quarter sales in Europe rose against their year-earlier Q3 levels helped by new make-up product sales in Russia and Germany. The Chinese market continued to expand with a rise in the cosmetics using population though growth is slower. There is some uncertainty about customer attitudes to purchasing Japanese products in China owing to a political dispute. Overall, sales in the third quarter maintained their year-earlier third quarter levels.