C&D’s Answer To Inflation: 'The Hammer’

Firm promoting its longest-marketed brand, which accounts for 40% of revenues and includes oral and personal care lines as well as household products, with “Give it the Hammer” campaign.

C&D promotes Arm & Hammer lines as products consumers can trust for value during challenging economic conditions. • Source: Church & Dwight

“The recession is booming” and Arm & Hammer brand products “are made for this moment,” says Matthew Farrell, marketer Church & Dwight Co. Inc.’s president and CEO .

The firm is promoting its longest-marketed brand, which accounts for 40% of its revenues and includes oral and personal care...

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