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| International Wet Shave growth stood out in the quarter at 18% as a result of improved market conditions, strong in-market brand activation, higher pricing and the aforementioned replenishment phasing benefits in Japan |
| Our categories remained relatively healthy and as we move into our bigger spring and summer selling seasons, we believe we are well positioned with notable innovation at Sun Care, our brand replatforming in fem care and the Billie launch into new body categories all in front of us |
| Notably, we saw meaningful organic growth and market share gains in both Japan and Germany, reflecting both good consumer response to our brands and also a strong wholesaler and retailer support |
| I am very excited about the results we are seeing in our international markets as we continue to strengthen our capabilities and streamline our leadership structure across the business |
| We also made significant changes in leadership across Europe, Japan and China, which collectively represent almost two-thirds of our international business, and we've continued to push decision-making and accountability to the local teams, all of which has contributed to a more robust organic growth profile |
| Our consumption and resulting market share results were solid and largely in line with trend |
| But certainly, you're bullish on continued upside across all of our international business |
| As Rod mentioned, operational and commercial execution in the quarter was strong, particularly in our international markets, which helped drive solid top line growth, good market share results and notable gross margin accretion, all of which enabled better-than-expected earnings and cash generation for the quarter, while setting us up well to deliver full year results in line with our previous outlook |
| Adjusted gross margin expanded year-over-year ahead of our expectations, driven by our ability to accelerate productivity savings and realize gains from improved price and revenue management |
| We increased investment in our brands in the quarter, remain disciplined on G&A costs and delivered adjusted EBITDA and EPS ahead of our expectations |
| With this good start to the year and with strong fundamentals in place, we have increased confidence in our ability to deliver our outlook for both top and bottom line |
| As Rod mentioned earlier, with a good start to the fiscal year and strong fundamentals in place, we have increased confidence in our ability to meet our previously provided outlook, which reflects sustainable top line growth, gross margin accretion and double-digit constant currency adjusted EPS growth |
| And so I think we're optimistic on Japan for the future but not nearly at the rate of what you are seeing that we're now cycling like-for-like comps on how we're distributing and managing the business there |
| Solid top line growth with good market share outcomes, accelerated gross margin accretion, incremental commercial investment in support of priority brands and markets and a healthy sustainable profit profile |
| And so think of it as we had an easy base to comp in the quarter 1, where we put up good growth |
| In our shaving business, we are seeing the clear advantages of our manufacturing technology and improved brand building and digital capabilities with compelling innovation and stronger retailer partnerships globally, private brands market share gains and the successful retail expansion of the Billie brand here in the United States and in Canada, all demonstrating clear proof points of a healthier shave portfolio |
| In Sun Care, the mid-single-digit organic growth in the quarter was in line with expectations, and we saw good execution from concept to shelf across our leading portfolio of trusted brands |
| Our end-to-end capabilities of product formulation, regulatory, quality control, internal manufacturing and direct store delivery to shelf are all points of competitive advantage that contribute to our broader success |
| Look, we had a solid quarter in Japan driven by really three things |
| I'm personally bullish about the opportunities that our new master brand strategy offers, as we replatform our pads and liners business under the Carefree brand with a unique consumer positioning and a motive campaign that I expect will resonate well with our target consumers |
| Our brands are healthier and once again this year better represented across all channels of distribution than at any point since we began as an independent company in 2015 |
| The initial read on distribution outcomes for 2024 is encouraging, all of which underpins our durable, sustainable top line growth profile this fiscal year and beyond |
| So the brand continues to really perform well in its home base and deliver some really excited growth |
| We generated almost 600 basis points of combined gross margin benefits from productivity and efficiency initiatives as well as price and revenue management execution |
| Our teams did a terrific job in the quarter of driving operational excellence across the supply chain, while further realizing the benefits of our focus on unit economics and sound revenue and promotion management |
| Interesting innovation, we've introduced the new advanced line for Bulldog, which is a more premium priced skin set of products for the brand, which has been very well received initially |
| As we move past peak inflationary pressures that have -- we have contended with for the past two years, we remain confident in our financial model, which calls for organic net sales growth, gross margin accretion, G&A leverage and strong free cash flow generation |
| Simply put, our business is better through the stronger portfolio of brands and a demonstrated ability to successfully execute against each of our key strategic priorities |
| This gives us confidence that we will deliver significant value creation for our shareholders |
| We feel really good with the start of the year and some of the underlying execution |
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| The macro environment remains challenging with an uncertain geopolitical and economic backdrop, potential risks from further supply chain disruptions and a lack of clarity around the durability of the consumer resiliency that we have seen thus far |
| Organic sales in North America were down 4.9%, more than half of which was attributable to declines in fem care as we cycled double-digit organic growth last year |
| Fem care organic net sales were down 11.2% for the quarter, primarily reflecting lower volumes |
| However, increased promotional intensity in the tampons category as competition returned to shelf and the magnitude of the retailer destocking caused a higher-than-expected drag on organic sales and share performance in the quarter |
| Wet Shave organic sales in North America declined 2% with declines in both disposables and preps more than offsetting a strong quarter for Men's Systems |
| Core gross inflation pressures of about 70 basis points and 40 basis points of negative mix and other items |
| We had supply disruptions, we, the category, not just us, the competitive set |
| In North America, despite some transitory dynamics that contributed to year-over-year organic net sales declines, most notably in fem care |
| Adjusted operating income was $35.7 million compared to $37.3 million last year, a decrease of approximately 4% |
| And finally, in fem care, we believe that we've now cycled through the supply chain and demand imbalances that have plugged the category over the last 18 months and make year-over-year comparisons challenging |
| segment increased 2.2% in the quarter, below 52-week trends as gains from pricing eased compared to a year ago |
| So productivity worked harder for us and delivered more than we had expected |
| Grooming organic net sales decreased 2.6% as Bulldog growth in Europe was more than offset by declines in CREMO in the U.S |
| We're certainly not ready to call it yet, especially with some of the challenges we see in the macro environment |
| We're coming off a period since the beginning of the pandemic where this category has been disrupted |
| It had a delayed recovery coming out of the pandemic |
| So back to that had relatively low shipments because of the way we had traditionally phased the business where we would have heavy promotion wholesale pushes in that August, September window |
| I think sales were slightly down, but I think you noted that Bulldog was up |
| And what we've seen to date is very little disruption and very little complexity |
| So there's no execution risk there, but I wouldn't anticipate upside |
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