Colgate Sees Toothpaste Growth Opportunity In Under-Brushing Countries
Executive Summary
“If you took all of these markets where people brush their teeth less than one time a day and just moved it to one time a day, you would increase the volume size of the category by 40%,” noted Colgate-Palmolive’s John Faucher in a 19 May presentation at the Goldman Sachs Global Staples Forum.
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