Church & Dwight Chews On Strong Growth For Vitafusion As Consumers Stick To Category
Executive Summary
Vitafusion gummy vitamins had 24% consumption growth in Q3 and Zicam homeopathic cold remedies had 40%. Church & Dwight plans to increase prices on 80% of portfolio by the end of the 2022 Q1.
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