{"id":113869,"date":"2021-05-07T23:16:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T23:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=113869"},"modified":"2021-05-07T23:16:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T23:16:27","slug":"people-are-hoarding-toilet-paper-the-truth-about-the-supply-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/people-are-hoarding-toilet-paper-the-truth-about-the-supply-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"People are hoarding toilet paper. The truth about the supply chain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><cite>New York (CNN)<\/cite>One encouraging sign that the pandemic-time panic among consumers has abated: Americans have stopped hoarding toilet paper, kitchen towels and wipes.<\/p>\n<p>Sales of toilet paper dropped 32.7% in the 12 weeks ending April 3 from the same period a year ago, according to market research firm NielsenIQ, which tracks point of sale data from retailers.<br \/>\nIn the same period, purchases of paper towels fell 18.3%, and multipurpose wet wipes sales are down 15.7% versus a year ago.<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>The declines could be reflected in the sales results of companies like <span>Procter &amp; Gamble<\/span> <span>(<span>PG<\/span>)<\/span>,<span> Kimberly-Clark<\/span> <span>(<span>KMB<\/span>)<\/span> and <span>Clorox<\/span> <span>(<span>CLX<\/span>)<\/span>, all of which are scheduled to report earnings this month.<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A convenience store window displaying lots of toilet paper in New York City on March 20, 2021.\" class=\"media__image\" src=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/210413143707-toilet-paper-store-window-nyc-large-169.jpg\"><br \/>\nNielsenIQ said that, overall, sales of household and cleaning products remain higher than they were pre-pandemic, but they have come down from the early pandemic months as consumers are buying at a more normal pace instead of hoarding. This has also allowed suppliers to replenish inventory to keep up with demand.<\/p>\n<p>Toilet paper was the only category to show a sales decline in the 52-week period ending April 3. Sales fell 0.2%.<br \/>\nToilet paper, oddly, came to symbolize the anxiety that set in when the coronavirus first arrived and then rapidly spread in the United States in early 2020.<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>While some toiler paper producers were able to accelerate production and reallocate inventory to meet the demand spike, others were hamstrung in their efforts to boost output because their factories were already operating at fixed capacity.<br \/>\nIn general, consumer goods companies had to be careful about dramatically increasing production to avoid having a glut of products when demand inevitably declined.<br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/13\/business\/toilet-paper-wipes-sales-drop\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (CNN)One encouraging sign that the pandemic-time panic among consumers has abated: Americans have stopped hoarding toilet paper, kitchen towels and wipes. 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