In Flood Of 2020 Sanitizer Launches, Unilever’s Suave Brand Tops US Category Sales
Executive Summary
Unilever’s Suave brand led new sanitizer product sales in 2020, when hand sanitizers total sales grew 569%, according to IRI. Sales of rinseable hand-soap sales grew 64% and antiseptics 19%.
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