P&G Encouraged By U.S. Beauty In Q3; Cost-Cutting Efforts Deliver
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Procter & Gamble is “making progress” in improving its U.S. skin care and Pantene businesses, with both up single digits in the third quarter. U.S. beauty helped buoy net beauty sales for the period, which were flat at $4.69 billion, the firm reported April 23.
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