<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9 http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9/sitemap-news.xsd"><url><loc>https://www.perfumerflavorist.com/fragrance/fine-fragrance/news/22973080/bath-body-works-finds-growth-beyond-its-stores</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Perfumer & Flavorist</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-26T13:38:54.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Bath &amp; Body Works Finds Growth Beyond Its Stores</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://img.perfumerflavorist.com/mindful/allured/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/08/adobestock-2015012098-editorial-use-only.ELhh7hfyj7.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Bath &amp;amp; Body Works’ stores are proving far more resilient than its sales decline might suggest. Placer.ai found that quarterly visits fell just 0.2% year over year in Q2 2026, indicating that the brand largely held onto the traffic gains it made previously even as consumers faced higher gas prices and broader economic uncertainty.</image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>