Strategy & Finance

Personal Care Products

Case studies in personal care products.

Estée Lauder: Where to Place the Next Commercial Investment?

At 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 2, 2023, The Estée Lauder Companies (EL) had just reported its fiscal second-quarter results. Sales had fallen sharply, and management had moved its expected return to growth in Asia travel retail and Mainland China from the third quarter to the fourth quarter. Read case

Kenvue — Where to Place the Next Growth Dollar?

Kenvue had recently become an independent consumer-health company with three segments: Self Care, Skin Health & Beauty, and Essential Health. Its third-quarter 2023 results showed a strategic tension. Organic sales grew 3.6%, but reported volume declined 3.5%; 7.1% value realization offset that decline. Read case

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