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Reports that Kimberly-Clark has come out with a coreless toilet-paper roll, which will be more cost-efficient and sold for commercial use.

The article provides information on the private label paper products which include facial, toilet tissues, and paper napkins. It states that paper products industry remains firm despite of the recession, thus the need to innovate and the will to invest in the quality especially for the new retailers is necessary to sustain profitable market. It also states several factors in which the consumers decided to purchase such as quality advanced, size, and color trends.

The article discusses the initiative taken by the toilet paper industry in Japan to control flushables products to prevent house drain clogging and reduce combined-sewer overflow pollution. Topics discussed include low-flush toilet bowls sold in Japan in 1970 for water conservation, warning of the Japanese Consumer Affairs Agency to the flushable products industry against false labeling and a table depicting toilet paper disintegration test procedure.

The article provides guidelines to consumers in Australia on buying a toilet paper. A 2005 government study showed that 400 kilograms of greenhouse gas emissions can be saved for every tonne of toilet paper made from recycled material. The article recommends a toiler paper with high recycled content.

The article reports on the controversial transaction involving the Ohio Penal Industries (OPI), a branch of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, of selling its manufactured toilet paper to state agencies in Ohio at a higher price compared with local suppliers. It notes that the business led for OPI to gain 26 million dollar sales annually. It conveys that OPI produced a wide variety of products including license plates, clothes, and soups at 24 manufacturing sites in 16 prisons.

The article provides information on bleached toilet paper. A product that claims chlorine-free could mean elemental chlorine free (ECF) which is better for the environment than regular chlorine bleaching but still not ideal because chlorine is involved. The article suggests choosing a toilet paper that is unbleached.

The article focuses on the concerns related to the growth of paper products industry in the U.S. including toilet tissue and paper towels. Topics discussed include challenge for brick and mortar retailers due to online sales of paper products segment, partnerships of manufacturers with e-tailers to ensure consumer reach and engagement, and efforts of the retailers to cope up with the existing trends by bulk buying and online purchases.

Focuses on the condition of the paper products industry as of May 2003. Trend to larger paper products; Ways considered by toilet tissue manufacturers to improve performance; Element which drives overall bath tissue consumption.

The article reports on the launch of line extensions, upgrades and advertising changes for three key brands by Georgia-Pacific Corp. (G-P) including Brawny paper towels, Quilted Northern bathroom tissue and Dixie tabletop products. G-P has announced the review of advertising samples from the New York-based Interpublic Group of Cos.' Fallon for Brawny and Omnicom Group's DDB Worldwide for Quilted Northern.

The article reports on the 0.9% increase in sales of toilet tissue products in Great Britain in 2012.

The article provides information on advertising campaign created by DDB Worldwide for toilet paper manufacturer Georgia-Pacific Corp. Georgia-Pacific Corp. moves its six-year-old quilting ladies into live-action settings, boosting advertising spending 50% behind what it calls its biggest upgrade ever to Quilted Northern, the category's number 2 brand. The company broke a new Bathroom Angels campaign for Angel Soft. Omnicom Group's DDB Worldwide handles both brands in what should be a combined $40 million to $50 million effort. Georgia-Pacific spent $18 million through the first nine months of 2003, according to TNS Media Research/CMR. Both brands are getting into the game ahead of Procter & Gamble's Charmin. Breaking campaigns for both premium brands almost simultaneously is unprecedented for Georgia-Pacific and generated a lot of discussion. Angel Soft looks to de-fuzz its image with its harder-edged Bathroom Angels mascots, who wisecrack their way through such bathroom emergencies as lint storms caused by rival brands.

This article reports on the success of Procter and Gamble Co.'s sales promotion tour and special events program for its Charmin brand of toilet paper. The tour reached 20 million consumers at 20 events all over the United States, including the Super Bowl football game in San Diego, California, and state fairs.

The article reports on the plans by Georgia-Pacific Corp. to revamp its Brawny and Quilted Northern paper towel and bath tissue brands including an increased appropriation for media support and introduction of 17 new products. The plan includes improvement in quality which will be highlighted in advertisements by the New York-based DDB Worldwide.

Announces that Kleenex-Clark Corp. will re-enter the premium bathroom tissue segment with the introduction of Kleenex bathroom tissue in 1990. Reason for pulling Kleenex Boutique bathroom tissue out of the market in 1984; Competitors of the new tissue; Amount to be spent by the company in marketing support.