Sales & Earnings In Brief
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Church & Dwight’s consumer division had a soft quarter, but overall sales rose 7.5% for Q1. Elizabeth Arden readies for rollout of reformulated namesake brand, while Reckitt Benckiser posts 7% sales increase for its hygiene segment.
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