Colgate Weighs $1 Billion Personal Care Brand Sale
Colgate-Palmolive is weighing the sale of Softsoap, Irish Spring and Speed Stick, with Goldman Sachs guiding a potential divestment that could fetch over $1 billion. The move signals portfolio reshaping as Colgate shifts focus from mass-market personal care to higher-margin oral care amid broader consumer pressures and a need for a long-term turnaround in North America.
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About Speed Stick
Speed Stick is an American brand of deodorant/antiperspirant produced by multinational healthcare company Colgate-Palmolive. It was formerly known as "Mennen Speed Stick" prior to Colgate-Palmolive's purchase of The Mennen Company. Currently, the products feature the words "by Mennen" in a small font on the label. Speed Stick comes in both deodorant and antiperspirant forms. Speed Stick is both a sponsor and the official antiperspirant of the NHL.
Everything about Speed Stick →- Country
- United States
- Inception
- 1963
- Website
- http://www.speedstick.com/home