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| Based on our strong results, we are raising our full year guidance |
| We delivered another quarter of strong results |
| Well, as I said, proud of the team that we're successfully developing -- delivering balanced and sustainable growth |
| And so we feel good about that |
| As you could see, the organic momentum remains very strong |
| One, I'm really pleased with the team |
| Further gains in price and mix were enabled by strong revenue growth management capability, while volume improved sequentially for a third consecutive quarter |
| We expect volume trends to continue improving as we cycle prior pricing actions and continue to invest in our brands |
| We also continue to make excellent progress on margin recovery |
| Gross margin was up 530 basis points and exceeded 2019 levels, an important milestone in our commitment to restore our gross margin |
| Operating profit was up 18% and adjusted earnings per share grew 24% |
| Given the strength of our year-to-date performance, we're raising our 2023 outlook |
| We've made sure that we strengthen and buttress our overall gross margin productivity pipeline and that remains strong today |
| But when I came into this role, the 3 things that we set out to do was, one, accelerate organic growth; second, reduce our earnings volatility; and the third thing, importantly, is enhance our margins; and so that was a fundamental goal when I came into this role |
| In key markets, we're seeing a healthier balance of growth in both price and volume |
| And so we would expect volume trends to continue to improve as we drive our commercial programs and invest behind our brands |
| We're seeing solid volume momentum |
| So I'd say we're making solid progress |
| In our largest markets, our market shares are improving |
| But having hit the 35.8% mark is an important milestone for us as we look forward to then expand margins down the road |
| This was enabled by strong commercial execution, marketing activation and a significant easing of year-to-date supply constraints in personal care and facial tissue |
| In the U.K., new performance-enhancing designs, price pack offerings and digital initiatives have resulted in over 200 basis points of year-over-year share gains for Andrex |
| And in China, we're continuing to see strong market share momentum with Huggies share up nearly 200 basis points in the quarter |
| As market leaders, we're raising the bar by elevating and expanding our categories with superior products and advantaged technology to address unmet needs |
| So net-net, I mean, we are encouraged by the overall cost savings and our program in FORCE |
| We had a strong delivery of FORCE savings for the quarter |
| But very pleased with where we ended up |
| Also in North America tissue, Scott 1000 lasts longer and dissolve faster and this has been core to Scott's powerful proposition among value-oriented consumers and that's why Scott continues to deliver robust growth in this important daily use segment |
| Our consumption in North America for K-C was up mid-single digit with solid growth across all categories |
| I'm proud of the progress we've made to offset the multiyear impact of inflation on our P&L |
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| And we had a pretty significant supply situation with a supplier outage that has constrained our volume, is actually kind of constrained our share throughout the course of the year on a number of brands |
| And then, I think one thing I did mention in the prepared remarks is we are coming off some fairly significant supply constraints that affected most of our Personal Care businesses and our Kleenex business mostly throughout the year |
| With favorability in raw materials offset by higher energy prices, currency headwinds and higher labor costs |
| Based on recent currency forward curves, we are projecting that currency will have a negative top line impact of approximately 300 basis points and a bottom line headwind of approximately $450 million, up from our previous assumption of $300 million to $400 million for the year |
| Currency headwinds continue to worsen given the recent strengthening of the U.S |
| And as you remember, for the first half of the year, we were negative around $190 million |
| Currency negatively impacted net sales by approximately 200 basis points |
| And for the full year, we would be around $50 million in terms of commodities negatively impacted |
| On input costs, we now expect headwinds of approximately $50 million versus the previous outlook of $100 million |
| I mean -- and we've been talking about this since we had our lowest point in gross margin at 29.8% about 5 quarters ago |
| Because remember, through the first half of the year, we were around $190 million negative |
| But overall, we still expect commodities to be down over the next quarter-or-so, at least |
| So I think we were down 7, down 5, down 3, whatever, down 1 |
| This includes a currency headwind of $135 million or a 21 percentage point profit impact, of which 4 points were due to the translation of earnings from non-U.S |
| Currency has gotten more volatile |
| Restoring margins to pre-pandemic levels was a milestone and not our end goal |
| So we're being impacted on that end because we've seen some costs accelerate outside of the U.S., Steve |
| And as you would have seen in our outlook, we did take up our expected headwinds from currency on our operating profit |
| We have rolled back some pricing because it notably in Professional in Europe, we had energy costs that really shot up and then came back down |
| Promotional levels are below 2019 |
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