Entries from Chemicals & The Economy tagged with 'Procter & Gamble'
Affordability now the key to future success
The 'middle ground' was the place to be to capture maximum profits during the Boomer-led SuperCycle between 1983-2007. But now, people have less money to spend, and credit conditions are tighter. So margins are disappearing as volumes come under pressure....
P&G's 'New Normal' offer leads to record US sales week
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is the world's largest consumer products company, with sales of $80bn. Its Pur water purification product highlights how Prof Michael Porter's 'Shared Value' concept, highlighted in the blog in January, has the potential to unleash the...
Western retailing enters the New Normal
More evidence is emerging of the major changes taking place in Western retailing as we transition to the New Normal. Last week, my fellow blogger Doris de Guzman reported from the World Detergents conference that: • P&G's CEO Robert McDonald...
US consumers turn to Dollar stores
Major changes are taking place in US retailing. They echo the changing focus of emerging Asian markets. Taken together, these must have important implications for chemical demand. US retail markets have been evolving over the past 3 years, as the...
Baby-Boomers cut spending, start saving
Consumer spending is 70% of US GDP. And because US GDP is so large, this means the US consumer is 17% of global GDP. This is the same as the combined GDP of China and Japan, who rank 2 and...
Brainstorming on biomass
The blog has come across a useful new tool for global brainstorming, run out of San Francisco by DiscoveryCast. They have recently organised a major event with Paris-based SpecialChem to review the current state of play in bio-based initiatives. This...
McBride warns of "weak retail sales across Europe"
The blog is a great believer in the retail sector's ability to help us forecast chemical industry trends. McBride is Europe's leading 'own brand' in the household and personal sector. Its profit warning on Thursday of "weak retail sales across...
Tyre duties highlight protectionist pressures
Globalisation flourished whilst economic growth was strong. Jobs lost in Western countries were replaced by new jobs. Whilst cheaper production offshore kept consumer prices low, as well as bringing more people into the world economy. But today's economic downturn means...
L'Oreal goes Affordable
Further evidence of the trend towards a more frugal consumer comes from L'Oreal, the world's largest cosmetics company. Like Procter & Gamble, it was slow to react to the trends identified by the major retail chains some 2 years ago....
Procter & Gamble goes Basic
As the downturn began In July 2007, leading retailers Tesco and Wal-Mart "signalled a major shift in consumer priorities". And Tesco added a warning that "If you don't have the basic things right, you will be talking at the edge...
P&G reviews its supply chain model
Higher oil prices will change the way that Procter & Gamble operates its supply chain. The world's largest consumer products company describes its current operations as being 'upside down'. 'They were implemented in the 1980s and 1990s, when oil was...
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