NEW YORK, Sept 20, 2005 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Avon recently conducted a "global dialogue" which queried women on their opinions on the topics of self- indulgence, physical appearance and skincare. A common theme among the respondents of the Avon 2005 Global Women's Survey was the importance women put on finding ways to stay young and healthy.

NEW YORK, Sept 20, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) announced today that it is revising its full-year 2005 earnings forecast downward from previous expectations of $2.03 to $2.08 per share. The company said that it now expects full-year earnings, including previously announced tax benefits of $.18 per share, to be up low-to-mid single digits compared with prior-year earnings of $1.77 per share, which included tax benefits of $.05 per share. Full-year revenues are expected to increase mid-single digits (up slightly in local currencies), and full-year operating profit is anticipated to be flat to down somewhat.

NEW YORK, Sept 09, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) will participate in Oppenheimer's Business of Beauty, Health and Fitness Conference in New York City on Tuesday, September 13, 2005. Elizabeth A. Smith, executive vice president, president North America and global brand president, will present on behalf of the company.

LOS ANGELES, Sep 26, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) announced today the appointment of Wynne Roberts as senior vice president of Herbalife Europe with responsibility for all strategic and operational functions for the company's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, effective October 17, 2005.

CALGARY, Canada, Sep 16, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Herbalife of Canada Ltd. announced today its entrance into the rapidly growing and popular $6 million Canadian energy drink market with the launch of LIFTOFF(TM)(-MC) effervescent energy drink natural health product, a first-to-market, sugar-free, zero-calorie, effervescent energy drink in a dissolvable tablet form.

LOS ANGELES, September 6, 2005 -- Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) Chief Financial Officer Rich Goudis will participate in the Business of Beauty, Health and Fitness Conference hosted by Oppenheimer in New York City on Tuesday, September 13, 2005. Oppenheimer has scheduled a live webcast of the presentation beginning at approximately 2:50 P.M. EST. The webcast can be accessed on the investor relations section of the Herbalife's Web site at www.herbalife.com, and will be maintained there for two weeks.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2005--Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ NMS: BHIP - News), an international direct-selling company, announced today that it will deliver a presentation at Oppenheimer’s 2nd Annual Business of Beauty, Health and Fitness Conference being held in New York City. Mark Woodburn, President of Natural Health Trends Corp., is scheduled to present to leading institutional investment representatives on Tuesday, September 13, 2005, at the Roosevelt Hotel.

BOHEMIA, N.Y., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NBTY, Inc. (NYSE: NTY), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, today announced that it will web cast the presentation by Harvey Kamil, President and Chief Financial Officer of NBTY, at the Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference in New York on Friday, September 9, 2005. The conference is being held at The Hilton New York Hotel.

LOS ANGELES, Sep 26, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Team Herbalife was awarded the Corporate Spirit Award at the 19th annual Nautica Malibu Triathlon Sunday, given to the company that raises the most money for pediatric AIDS research. The team raised $160,000, the largest among corporate teams, to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF). The company also retains the Corporate Challenge Cup for the fastest men's and women's times among competing companies.

Addison, Ill., Sept. 12, 2005 — Throughout the month of September, funds raised through The Pampered Chef's Round-Up from the Heart charitable giving campaign will help provide emergency food assistance to Hurricane Katrina victims. The Pampered Chef®, a long-time partner of America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network, is offering a dollar-for-dollar match for all funds raised at Pampered Chef Kitchen Shows, or in-home cooking demonstrations.