NTY Nbty Inc.

RONKONKOMA, N.Y., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NBTY, Inc. (NYSE:NTY) (http://www.nbty.com/), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, today announced the following preliminary unaudited net sales results for the month of January 2008 by segment: NET SALES (Preliminary and Unaudited) FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY ($ In Millions) 2008 2007 % Change Wholesale / US Nutrition $ 84 $ 76 10% North American Retail $ 17 $ 18 -6% European Retail $ 56 $ 55 1% Direct Response / E-Commerce $ 21 $ 18 19% Total $ 178 $ 168 6% European Retail net sales in local currency increased 1% in January 2008. North American Retail same store sales decreased 2% in January 2008. ABOUT NBTY NBTY is a leading global vertically integrated manufacturer, marketer and distributor of a broad line of high-quality, value-priced nutritional supplements in the United States and throughout the world. Under a number of NBTY and third party brands, the Company offers over 22,000 products, including products marketed by the Company's Nature's Bounty(R) (http://www.naturesbounty.com/), Vitamin World(R) (http://www.vitaminworld.com/), Puritan's Pride(R) (http://www.puritan.com/), Holland & Barrett(R) (http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/), Rexall(R) (http://www.rexallsundown.com/), Sundown(R) (http://www.rexallsundown.com/), MET- Rx(R) (http://www.metrx.com/), WORLDWIDE Sport Nutrition(R) (http://www.sportnutrition.com/), American Health(R) (http://www.americanhealthus.com/), GNC (UK)(R) (http://www.gnc.co.uk/), DeTuinen(R) (http://www.detuinen.nl/), LeNaturiste(TM) (http://www.lenaturiste.com/), SISU(R) (http://www.sisu.com/), Solgar(R) (http://www.solgar.com/) and Ester-C(R) (http://www.ester-c.com/) brands. DATASOURCE: NBTY, Inc. CONTACT: Harvey Kamil, President & Chief Financial Officer of NBTY, Inc., +1-631-200-2020; or Carl Hymans of G.S. Schwartz & Co., for NBTY, Inc., +1-212-725-4500, Web site: http://www.nbty.com/

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