Consumer Goods Company
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Disclosed $150M tariff and oil cost hit for Q4; CEO Jejurikar signaling cost absorption over price increases to protect volume
Three major US household-goods makers have now reported how the combined tariff and oil-cost shock hits their books. Kimberly-Clark beat Q1 estimates on April 28, with adjusted EPS of $1.97 against an expected $1.92, but still carries $300 million in tariff exposure representing about 20% of its US cost base. Colgate-Palmolive beat Q1 expectations on May 1 and immediately flipped its full-year gross margin guidance from expansion to decline, citing $300 million in higher raw-material and logistics costs from crude oil and tariffs.
Updated 4 days ago
Using AI across fragrance development and manufacturing
For a century, developing new materials meant years of trial and error—mixing compounds, testing formulations, discarding failures, and starting over. Now PPG, 3M, and Procter & Gamble are using artificial intelligence to explore millions of chemical combinations simultaneously, cutting development timelines from years to weeks and discovering counterintuitive solutions that human chemists overlooked.
Updated Jan 30
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