** Shares of beauty and skincare firm Bath & Body Works BBWI.N up ~11% at $34.11 premarket
** BBWI lifts annual forecasts after topping estimates for Q3 sales and profit on strong demand for its perfumes and personal care products
** Co lifts annual adjusted EPS target to between $3.15 and $3.28 from prior forecast of $3.06 and $3.26
** Also expects a smaller decline in annual sales in a range of 1.7% to 2.5% vs a decline of 2% to 4% expected earlier
** Expects Q4 net sales to fall between 4.5% and 6.5% vs analysts' estimate of a decline of 5.7% - LSEG
** Q3 2024 net sales of $1.61 billion also beats estimates of $1.58 billion
** YTD, stock down ~29% as of last close
(Reporting by Juveria Tabassum in Bengaluru)
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