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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 Softsoap
Softsoap is the trade name of Colgate-Palmolive's liquid hand soap and body wash. The company is noted for its soap dispensers' former aquarium theme, where the dispenser would be styled to make it look like an aquarium with tropical fish printed inside the plastic.
Everything about Softsoap →- Headquarters
- Chaska
- Inception
- August 22, 1865
- Website
- https://www.softsoap.com/en-us