K-C grows North American volume by 5%, and reports 4% decline in average pricing

摘要

In possibly its deepest quarterly price drop in years, Kimberly-Clark' (K-C) reported a 4% decline in its consumer tissue prices in North America in the second quarter, vs second quarter 2014's average. Even with the 4% price decline, the company reported that consumer tissue sales were flat and volume actually increased 5%. "Volumes rose high-single digits in bathroom tissue, with benefits from increased promotion shipments on Cottonelle. Volumes increased low-single digits in facial tissue and paper towels." the company reported on July 23.