DENTIFRICES PRODUCER PRICES DROP 2.1% IN SECOND QUARTER
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
DENTIFRICES PRODUCER PRICES DROP 2.1% IN SECOND QUARTER, according to preliminary data released July 12 by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Of the categories followed by "The Rose Sheet," dentifrices registered the largest decrease in the three-month period. Dentifrices dropped the same amount in the half as in the second quarter -- 2.1%. The category was down in the second half of 1993 as well, dropping 4.7%, following a .3% gain in the first half of 1993.