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Guangzhou Sunda International Trading Co., a supplier of personal care products mainly in Africa, is considering an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong that could raise $100 million to $200 million. The company is working with China International Capital Corp. and Citic Securities Co. on the IPO, which may take place in early 2025. Sunda's products include diapers, hygiene and personal care items, and home building materials. The company has subsidiaries in several African countries and Peru. Sunda's chairman and founder, Shen Yanchang, established the company after making business contacts in Nigeria in the late 1990s. [Extracted from the article]

Kenyan President William Ruto has sent 400 police officers to Haiti to help combat gang violence in the country. The deployment, which has the backing of the United Nations Security Council, aims to restore stability and peace in Haiti, which has been plagued by heavily-armed gangs controlling large areas and causing economic paralysis through kidnappings, extortion, and turf wars. The US supports the deployment as a way to assist Haiti's security forces rather than replace them. President Ruto also announced plans to increase police officers' salaries and improve their welfare. [Extracted from the article]

Kimberly-Clark Corp., the company behind Huggies diapers, is closing its operations in Nigeria after 15 years due to economic developments and a shift in global priorities. The closure includes the manufacturing and marketing of Kotex sanitary pads. This decision follows similar exits by other global companies, including Procter & Gamble, GSK, Bayer, Sanofi, and Unilever. Challenges such as unreliable electricity supply, congestion at ports, and the devaluation of the naira have contributed to the difficulties faced by foreign companies operating in Nigeria. The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria plans to meet with President Bola Tinubu to discuss these challenges. [Extracted from the article]

RedLocker counts over a third of the companies on Sweden's large-cap OMX Stockholm 30 index as customers, and has installed the machines in about half of Sweden's high schools. One of the firms that RedLocker does count as its customer is industrial giant Sandvik AB, Sweden's sixth largest company by market capitalization. [Extracted from the article]

P&G says that staffing at the Auburn plant -- the sole source of its Tampax-brand tampons sold in the US -- has "largely stabilized", but people familiar with the production needs say that the facility is short-handed. (Bloomberg) -- For the latest example of just how tight US labor markets are, look to consumer-goods giant Procter & Gamble Co. [Extracted from the article]

Keywords: EPC; PG; ALLTOP; BUSINESS; CONS; CORONAVIR; COS; GEN; HEA; INDUSTRIES; RET; TOP; WWTOP; WWTOPAM EN EPC PG ALLTOP BUSINESS CONS CORONAVIR COS GEN HEA INDUSTRIES RET TOP WWTOP WWTOPAM In Alaska, Hawaii and West Virginia, in-stock rates fell below 90%, around the mark where consumers start noticing empty shelves. EPC, PG, ALLTOP, BUSINESS, CONS, CORONAVIR, COS, GEN, HEA, INDUSTRIES, RET, TOP, WWTOP, WWTOPAM An in-stock rate in the 90s is "pretty good" for any product category these days, said KK Davey, client engagement president at IRI. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Inflation has come for period products, making it harderfor US consumers with already stretched wallets to afford basic hygienesupplies they can't skip. Some economists have argued that, in addition to rising input costs,higher prices for consumer goods are a result of corporate power, whichhas allowed companies to mark up prices and increase profit margins. TOP, a company founded in 2018 that makes menstrual products with 100%organic cotton, has seen overseas shipping prices go from $3,000 toabout $12,000 per container over the past six to nine months, co-founderDenielle Finkelstein said. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Spain is poised to become the first European country to grant workers the right to "menstrual leave", a proposal that's sharpening political divisions in the country over the push to improve women's rights. Spain has a robust feminist movement and Sanchez has made women's rights a priority, saying earlier this year that it was "only through feminism that will we build the best democracies.". [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- PT Softex Indonesia, a sanitary product maker backed by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, is weighing postponing an Indonesian initial public offering that could raise at least $400 million, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Tangerang-based firm had planned to start gauging investor demand this month but the spread of the novel coronavirus has jeopardized travel plans, making meetings with prospective investors difficult, the people said. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- PT Softex Indonesia, a sanitary product maker backed by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, is weighing postponing an Indonesian initial public offering that could raise at least $400 million, people with knowledge of the matter said. Softex, which was set up in 1976, sells its products in more than 35 countries, including developing economies where clean feminine-hygiene products are often considered luxury. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- PT Softex Indonesia, a sanitary product maker backed by CVC Capital Partners, has chosen arrangers for a proposed initial public offering that could raise about $500 million, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Softex, which started in 1976, sells its products in more than 35 countries, including developing economies where clean feminine-hygiene products are often considered luxury. [Extracted from the article]

PT Softex Indonesia, a sanitary product maker backed by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, is planning an initial public offering that could raise as much as $500 million, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Founded in 1976, Softex sells its products in more than 35 countries, including developing economies where clean feminine-hygiene products are often considered luxury. [Extracted from the article]

Government slashes rates on more than 50 items before election India's move to slash levies on more than 50 goods will lower revenue by as much as 150 billion rupees ($2.2 billion) each year and is raising the prospect of the country missing budget goals again this year. [Extracted from the article]

Asian consumers like their high-end Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissue paper, but just not exactly the way they are sold in the west. "We are very much focused on product innovation as what we have found is that we have to have the premium product, but it also has to fit into the local market", said Jusuf. [Extracted from the article]

Bearish wagers in Tingyi, Want Want have risen to a record Tingyi and Hengan declined to comment, while officials at Want Want didn't immediately respond to queries from Bloomberg. [Extracted from the article]

NYC Joins "Free the Tampon", Handing Them Out in Schools, Jails In April 2015, Kiran Gandhi, a 27-year-old Harvard MBA grad and former drummer for rapper M.I.A., became a movement heroine when she ran the London marathon without menstrual protection after her period started. To contact the reporter on this story:Henry Goldman in New York at hgoldman@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story:Stephen Merelman at smerelman@bloomberg.netStacie Sherman. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- A New Crop of Companies Want to Make Your Period Empowering Like Be Girl, period-underwear company Thinx and organic tampon companies Cora and Conscious Period employ a version of the "one-for-one" model. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- Do Advertising's Viral Video Pitches to Women Have Staying Power? The P&G shampoo Pantene has tried three female empowerment ads since November, including Labels Against Women, in which ladies with shiny hair encounter sexism at home, at work, and in the streets. [Extracted from the article]

Sanitary napkin maker gauges interest in Qinqin Foodstuffs Hengan International Group Co., the Chinese diaper and sanitary napkin manufacturer, is exploring a sale of its confectionery business that could fetch about $300 million, people with knowledge of the matter said. [Extracted from the article]