P&G Earnings Slip as Higher Prices Sap Sales Volumes

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Procter & Gamble, the maker of Tide and Gillette, reported a 10% increase in prices during its quarter ended in December

WSJ’s Sharon Terlep explains the role elasticity plays in a company’s decision on whether to raise prices. Photo illustration: Adele MorganAfter lifting prices to new heights, Procter & Gamble Co.

reported lower quarterly profit and declining sales volumes as the rising costs of Tide detergent and other staplesSales volumes fell 6% at P&G —the biggest quarterly drop in years—with declines at each of the company’s five major business units in the three months ended Dec. 31 compared with a year earlier. P&G increased prices by 10% in the period, helping the company report a 5% boost in organic sales, which exclude currency swings and acquisitions.

 

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OK so the price increases were not the news it was the slippage of sales that was the news. Very sly headline.

Joe Biden strikes again.

P&G got way too expensive compared to Unilever and Henkel, so stopped buying their stuff.

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