P&G expects to take sales and earnings hit from coronavirus
February 21, 2020
Supply chain disruptions and weak demand for goods due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in China will have a negative material effect on Procter & Gamble’s sales and earnings for the current quarter. P&G said 387 suppliers in China ship more than 9,000 different materials used in 17,600 products it produces.
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