All Procter & Gamble articles
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The Big Interview
Sported CEO Sarah Kaye on hidden value of grassroots sports sponsorship
Sported CEO Sarah Kaye wants to connect more brands with ‘sport for good’ campaigns, promising to deliver meaningful – even ‘magical’ – results
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Comment and Opinion
P&G results show the only winning strategy: differentiation
P&G’s European volume growth accelerated to 3% from 2% in the previous quarter, which is impressive when most of its peers are posting volume declines in the region, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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Analysis and Features
Personal care - beauty 2023: Bargains on beauty lines drive growth
The lipstick effect took on a literal meaning in 2023
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Analysis and Features
Haircare 2023: Brits commit to treating their hair
Brits splurge on home hair treatments
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News
Procter & Gamble rapped by the ASA for ‘misleading’ incontinence ad
The advertising watchdog upheld two complaints made by Tena owner Essity
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Comment and Opinion
Why is Gillette so interested in men’s pubic hair?
A quick splash of water, a spray of deodorant and a brush of the teeth. Men’s selfcare has shifted dramatically in a relatively short space of time
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News
Gillette launches Intimate shaving range for men
‘The line-up gives guys the confidence to trim their pubes,’ said Gillette
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News
Climate change inaction to cost fmcg giants billions of pounds
Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever all face billions in costs unless they urgently tackle Scope 3 emissions
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News
Unilever’s new CEO faces renewed calls to exit Russia
The company has been placed by the Ukrainian government on a ‘sponsors of war list’
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Comment and Opinion
Ultra-Processed People: Dr Chris van Tulleken’s ‘incendiary’ new book hurts
TV doctor’s dissection exposes food industry’s underbelly in painstaking, gory, unanesthetised detail
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News
Simple soap bars and Daz washing powders reduced in size
It comes as a wealth of big players in food and drink – including McVitie’s Digestives, Cadbury Dairy Milk and Warburtons – have fallen prey to shrinkflation in recent months
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News
Media Bites 2 May: John Lewis Partnership, grocery inflation, THG
John Lewis is slashing the size of its central London headquarters by more than half, after thousands of staff left their desks to work from home
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Long reads
10 women blazing a sustainability trail in food, drink and retail
Across suppliers, retailers and the tertiary sector, these are the women making waves in fmcg’s impact on sustainability and the environment
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News
Pampers nappies up 30% at the mults since start of year
The price hikes come less than six months after the cost of more than 90 Pampers SKUs surged
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Category Report
Can brands create a cleaner, greener world? Household cleaning category report 2023
Household suppliers of every size say they’re putting the planet first. Are shoppers buying their claims, as well as their products?
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News
Pampers nappies and baby wipes prices soar by as much as 60%
The brand’s Baby-Dry Night Nappy Pants Size 6, 24pk rose in price by 60% in Asda – from £5 to £8
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News
Raft of Fairy, Daz, Bold and Lenor laundry products shrink in the mults
It comes after owner P&G warned last month of another year of ‘significant’ headwinds, after it raised prices last year to mitigate soaring input costs
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News
P&G warns of $3.3bn hit in year ahead from rising costs as price hikes help sales growth
Price rises pushed through by Procter & Gamble have helped increase sales at the US consumer products group, but it warned of another year of “significant” headwinds ahead.
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Comment and Opinion
How fmcg price rises are impacting the likes of Nestlé, Danone and P&G
Trying to call when inflation peaks is virtually impossible, but the key is that we do not see a structural erosion in sector profitability, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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News
P&G upgrades growth forecast but higher costs weigh on earnings
The US consumer giant has hiked its full-year growth expectations after posting double-digit organic growth in the first three months of 2022, but also warned it is facing higher costs