P&G Plans More Price Cuts In 2013, Defends Savings Plan
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Procter & Gamble will slash prices on some products in the short term to halt U.S. market share erosion in categories where competitors did not previously raise prices. On the firm’s Q4 earnings call, executives defended their bullish growth and savings projections.
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