Sale of Bath Accessories Bubbling.(Originated from The Orange County Register, Calif.)

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 1995

Aug. 23--Jill Kanzler heads for the bathtub when she's stressed. "It's the best way for me to relax," says Kanzler, of Newport Beach, who frequently fills her tub with mango-scented bubbles, sinks in and soaks.

The 26-year-old public-relations consultant is one example of why bath products are selling faster than water can swirl down a shower drain.

Consumers -- eager to soothe frazzled nerves, pamper themselves and relax at home -- are snapping up bath accessories ranging from shower puffs and bath salts to body scrubs and rubber duckies.

Manufacturers' shipments of bath, body, spa and aromatherapy products grew 11 percent last year to $2.2 billion, according to New York-based Market View. The surge caps four years of industry growth that has...

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