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Colgate Personal Care Divestiture Advisory

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC · 2026-09-14 · Importance 34 · Surprise 42 · In source text

Goldman Sachs is advising Colgate-Palmolive on a potential sale of the Softsoap, Irish Spring, and Speed Stick brands. The proposed transaction could exceed $1 billion, above the materiality threshold. Colgate is reviewing its global personal-care portfolio amid input-cost pressure and increasingly price-sensitive consumers.

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revenuepositiveprobable—Goldman Sachs is working with Colgate-Palmolive on a potential sale of Softsoap, Irish Spring and Speed Stick in a deal that could exceed…