Vitamin World
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Benjamin Rifkin to VP of real estate for NBTY's Vitamin World retail subsidiary. Rifkin formerly was VP of real estate with General Nutrition Companies. At the end of October, NBTY announced its decision to open 160 new stores in calendar 1999 rather than the originally projected total of 120 due to the chains' success: store sales rose 67.7% through the nine months ended June 30