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Sales Grow Across C&D's Products And Regions, But Increasing Supply Costs Stunt Income

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Raw material supplies slowed during January-March period by catastrophic freeze in Texas and shortage of shipping containers partly due to Suez Canal blockage. "We're absorbing $90 million of incremental costs for the full year,” says CFO Ronald Dierker.

Everything was up for Church & Dwight Co. Inc. its latest quarter, not only across its product categories and markets but also its materials costs, which sent the firm’s net income down 4.1%.

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