J&J Consumer Makes 'Aggressive' Shift In Digital Sales To Drive Growth

When J&J CEO Gorsky says, "We're not just sitting back, we're making aggressive moves in areas such as e-commerce, investments in that shift," his words are music to analysts' ears. J&J has OTC drug and other consumer health brands to drive growth, but it's missing the digital piece, they say.

Johnson & Johnson didn't disappoint analysts by announcing, following flat consumer health revenues in the fourth quarter, it is investing in making its segment more competitive in a market swinging more toward online sales.

"The shift to e-commerce, shift in some cases to more natural brands, digital types of brands," says CEO Alex Gorsky, "have been more secular in nature and have

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