Church & Dwight Shapes Potential OTC Play On Gummy Format
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The firm says sales of L’il Critters children’s and Vitafusion adults’ gummy vitamin lines increased more than 7% in its fiscal 2015 third quarter from the year-ago period as production and distribution began recovering from disruptions that restrained sales in the previous quarter.
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