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- The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) manufactures and markets a broad portfolio of branded consumer goods focused on beauty, grooming, health care, fabric and home care, and baby and family care products worldwide. The company offers baby diapers and related products under the Pampers, Luvs, and Ninjamas brands; laundry detergents and fabric care items including Tide, Ariel, Gain, Downy, Bounce, Dreft, Era, and Cheer; paper towels, toilet paper, and tissues via Bounty, Charmin, and Puffs; feminine care solutions such as Always, Always Discreet, Tampax, Just, and This is L; grooming products encompassing razors, blades, and skin care from Gillette, Gillette Venus, Braun, joy+glee, and The Art of Shaving; hair care lines like Pantene, Head & Shoulders, Aussie, Herbal Essences, Old Spice, My Black Is Beautiful, and Gemz; home care brands including Dawn, Cascade, Febreze, Mr. Clean, Swiffer, Gain, Microban 24, Salvo, Ambi Pur, and Zevo; oral care offerings from Crest, Oral-B, Fixodent, and Scope; personal health care products such as Vicks, Pepto-Bismol, Prilosec OTC, Align, Metamucil, ZzzQuil, and Clearblue; and skin and personal care items under Olay, Secret, Safeguard, Ivory, Native, and SK-II. Founded in 1837 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, P&G operates in more than 180 countries, serving consumers through retail channels with an emphasis on innovation, sustainability, and superior performance. Recent developments include a US$150 million expansion of its Iowa City, Iowa facility to enhance Oral-B production capacity starting in 2027, adding 100 jobs and marking a significant onshoring of manufacturing; an ongoing large-scale restructuring initiative targeting up to 7,000 non-manufacturing role reductions by mid-2027 to fund innovation and portfolio simplification, alongside evaluations of potential brand divestitures in underperforming categories; new product launches such as Pampers Swaddlers Pxxs for preterm infants, Always Pocket Flexfoam for period protection, and Gemz water-activated haircare; and sustained organic sales growth of 2% with core EPS up 3% in fiscal 2026's first quarter, supported by innovations in Tide and Pampers amid competitive pressures.