P&G Portfolio Rationalization Brushes Off 20% Of Oral Care SKUs
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
P&G completes the bulk of the portfolio rationalization it launched in 2014, shedding or restructuring more than half of its brands globally to focus on 10 core categories, says CFO Jon Moeller.
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