P&G Beauty’s Sluggish 2012: The Cost Of Cutting Back?
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Kline’s Nancy Mills offers perspective on P&G performance in 2012 when the company saw its market share slip in certain personal-care categories. In her blog post, Mills attributes the erosion in part to the firm’s ongoing $10 billion cost-cutting initiative, which slowed new product introductions and left some brands under-supported in a highly competitive landscape, she says.
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