Tampon producer Procter & Gamble blames Amy Schumer for shortage
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Tampon maker Procter & Gamble has bizarrely attributed a successful ad campaign by actor-comedian Amy Schumer for a nationwide shortage of the sanitary product in the US. P&G, which makes America’s most popular tampon brand ‘Tampax’, appeared to put the blame for the shortage on Schumer, 41, who appeared in Company spokesperson Cheri McMaster told Time magazine that, since the advert, “retail sales growth has exploded”. In April this year, the company posted its “biggest quarterly sales gain in decades” with money generated by sales from its feminine care division going up by 10 per cent. P&G’s most recent earnings call said the company was facing difficulty in sourcing raw materials for feminine care products and getting them shipped across the country.
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