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November 22, 2005
Church & Dwight has reached a mutual agreement with private equity group Kelso & Company in which Church & Dwight will not participate in the acquisition of Del Laboratories with Kelso. As a result of the agreement, Kelso will continue th…
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November 22, 2005
Colgate-Palmolive Company announced a four-year restructuring and business-building plan. About 12% of the company’s 37,000 employees will be affected by the changes.
The plan includes three major objectives: to further increase the company&r…
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November 22, 2005
Inter Parfums, Inc., reported results for the third quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2004. For the third quarter, net sales rose 17% to $67.1 million. Gross margin grew 50%, as compared to 48% in the year-ago period. Income from operations dec…
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November 22, 2005
The Clorox Company announced strong sales growth and cost savings, contributing to the company’s strong results for the fiscal first quarter ended Sept. 30, 2004.
For the first quarter, net earnings were $123 million, compared to $129 million…
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November 22, 2005
Elizabeth Arden, Inc., reported financial results for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2004 and issued guidance for its second fiscal quarter ending Dec. 31, 2004. For the three months ended Sept. 30, net income increased to $4.8 million, compared wi…
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November 22, 2005
Estée Lauder reported profit for the first fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30 rose 23%, helped by strong international sales and new brands. The company posted net income of $95 million for the quarter, up from $77.7 million in the year-ago period.…
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November 22, 2005
Scotts Liquid Gold reported a net loss of $359,000 on net sales of $5.1 million for the three months ended Sept. 30. This compares to a net income of $231,000 and net sales of $6 million in the year-earlier period.
For the nine months ended Sept. 3…
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November 22, 2005
Revlon, Inc., New York, NY, reported re-sults for the company’s third quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2004. For the third quarter 2004, net sales declined about 7% to $294 million. Gross sales in the third quarter of 2004 were modestly…
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November 22, 2005
Inter Parums, Inc., announced record third quarter sales of $67 million, a 16.7% increase over last year's third quarter sales. The sales increase reflects the very successful launch of the Burberry Brit men’s line in Europe, North America and…
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November 22, 2005
German consumer goods company Henkel
plans to swap its 29% stake in Clorox for a combination of Clorox’s operating businesses and its stake in a joint venture with Henkel and $2.1 billion in cash, executives reported.
Last year, Henkel, owner…
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November 22, 2005
Colgate-Palmolive announced financial results for the third quarter. Profit fell due to increased marketing spending and higher costs for raw materials. The company earned $329 million, down from $365.4 million a year earlier. Last month Colgate iss…
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November 22, 2005
A.G. Lafley, chairman, president and chief executive officer of the Procter & Gamble Company, addressed shareholders at the company’s annual meeting in October.
“Broad-based growth in fiscal 2004 reflected momentum that has been bui…
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November 22, 2005
DeWolf Chemical, E. Providence, RI, received re-certification of its quality systems to the ISO 9001:2000 standard. The company was audited by RW-TUV.
DeWolf Chemicals offers performance-based chemicals for personal care, HI&I, latex, polymer, p…
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November 22, 2005
Darien, CT-based Zotos International held its Rep Appreciation awards at Morton’s of Las Vegas on July 18. Attended by 100 guests, the awards recognized representatives who demonstrated increased sales over last year, new item distribution, adv…
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November 22, 2005
The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manu-facturers Association (SOCMA), Wash-ington, DC, announced its member recognition award winners for 2004. The awards were presented on Sept. 14 at SOCMA’s second annual Corporate Excellence conference. Award r…
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