Colgate Pricing Higher, Top Seller Distribution Wider, Slow SKUs Fewer
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Colgate will increase product prices in 2018 due to volume growth and higher commodity costs, CEO Ian Cook says at an investor conference. He also touches upon company’s SKU-reduction effort rolling out in tandem with expanding distribution of profitable items.
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