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Colgate-Palmolive is the latest CPG giant to forecast price increases

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Colgate-Palmolive has raised its annual forecast, expecting to increase prices further this year. The CPG giant now expects its full-year organic sales will grow between four and six percent, up from its previous forecast of three to five percent growth.

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