<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr. - Former Journalist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr. - Former Journalist]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATzlRg1R6Rg/gerald-len-porter</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Gerald Porter Jr. - Former Journalist</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATzlRg1R6Rg/gerald-len-porter</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 04:19:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATzlRg1R6Rg/gerald-len-porter.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Clorox Jumps After Quarterly Sales Top Estimates]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-01/clorox-jumps-after-quarterly-sales-beat-analyst-expectations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-01/clorox-jumps-after-quarterly-sales-beat-analyst-expectations</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 20:37:15 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iC00MUtXqPGI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iC00MUtXqPGI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Clorox Disinfecting Wipes canisters move along a conveyor belt at the company&apos;s manufacturing facility in Forest Park, Georgia, U.S., on Wednesday March 10, 2021. Clorox&apos;s portfolio, a lineup that spans pool cleaners to pet odor eaters, took off as Americans stayed home and disinfected their lives. Revenue, which had been eking out low single-digit gains, jumped 23% to $7.5 billion in 2020. Photographer: Matt Odom/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Companies Open Up on Racial Data Even as Representation Lags]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rise of the Black Lives Matter movement is compelling the biggest companies in America to disclose how diverse their workforce really is. Businesses are making strides in racial and gender equality, but there is more to be done according to forms filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/diversity-equality-in-american-business/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/diversity-equality-in-american-business/</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Green]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:00:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[P&G Slips as Rising Costs Counter Robust Health-Care Demand]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-19/p-g-slips-as-rising-costs-counter-robust-health-care-demand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-19/p-g-slips-as-rising-costs-counter-robust-health-care-demand</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:13:34 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iiRWf742A3eE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iiRWf742A3eE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A package of Procter &amp; Gamble Co. Vicks VapoCOOL Severe brand throat drops are arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Procter &amp; Gamble reported its best quarter of organic sales in more than a decade, with shoppers snapping up its beauty and health-care products in particular, even as its shaving segment took a hit in some regions, including an $8 billion charge.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ulta Raises Sales Forecast as Revenue Surges Above 2019 Levels]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-25/ulta-raises-sales-forecast-as-revenue-surges-above-2019-levels</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-25/ulta-raises-sales-forecast-as-revenue-surges-above-2019-levels</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2021 20:07:32 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAKybBWH4HqM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAKybBWH4HqM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Customers view beauty producst displayed for sale at an Ulta Beauty Inc. store in New York.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clorox CEO Stands By Bet on Cleaning Boom Despite Sales Drop]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-04/clorox-ceo-stands-by-bet-on-cleaning-boom-despite-sales-drop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-04/clorox-ceo-stands-by-bet-on-cleaning-boom-despite-sales-drop</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2021 14:22:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTIQnXPIvFHU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTIQnXPIvFHU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A bottle of Clorox Clinging Bleach Gel arranged in Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S., on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. Clorox Co. is scheduled to release earnings figures on February 4. Photographer: Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clorox Plunges Most Since 2000 as Pandemic Boom Fades Away]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-03/clorox-falls-after-predicting-lower-sales-as-pandemic-boom-wanes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-03/clorox-falls-after-predicting-lower-sales-as-pandemic-boom-wanes</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2021 11:07:53 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i165sqge4n_E/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i165sqge4n_E/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Clorox Disinfecting Wipes canisters move along a conveyor belt at the company&apos;s manufacturing facility in Forest Park, Georgia.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[P&G Beats Estimates as Consumers Absorb Price Increases]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-30/p-g-sees-sales-growth-slowing-amid-rising-inflationary-pressure</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-30/p-g-sees-sales-growth-slowing-amid-rising-inflationary-pressure</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 10:57:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[P&G Says Jon Moeller to Succeed David Taylor as CEO, President]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-29/p-g-says-moeller-to-succeed-taylor-as-ceo-president</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-29/p-g-says-moeller-to-succeed-taylor-as-ceo-president</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 21:08:55 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBrwIio4u5fs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBrwIio4u5fs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Jon Moeller</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sephora Says It Will Double Its Black-Owned Brands by Year’s End]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-28/sephora-says-it-will-double-its-black-owned-brands-by-year-s-end</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-28/sephora-says-it-will-double-its-black-owned-brands-by-year-s-end</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8za.NlFqcQY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8za.NlFqcQY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Customers form a queue to enter a Sephora USA Inc. cosmetics store ahead of a new lockdown in Paris, France, on Friday, March 19, 2021. French President Emmanuel Macron is locking down several regions including the Paris area, slowing down the country’s economic recovery as it struggles to contain a third wave of the coronavirus epidemic. Photographer: Cyril Marcilhacy/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kimberly-Clark Slides as Inflation Hurts Toilet Paper Maker]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-23/kimberly-clark-tumbles-as-inflation-pessures-toilet-paper-maker</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-23/kimberly-clark-tumbles-as-inflation-pessures-toilet-paper-maker</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2021 11:52:32 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icEEgfJnxV20/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icEEgfJnxV20/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Kimberly-Clark Corp. Cottonelle brand toilet tissue</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grill Makers Are the Hottest Things in Post-Pandemic IPOs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Companies that thrived on lockdown lifestyles are rushing to cash in.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-16/stock-market-grill-makers-traeger-weber-eye-ipos-amid-lockdown-surge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-16/stock-market-grill-makers-traeger-weber-eye-ipos-amid-lockdown-surge</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Crystal Tse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:00:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYikrfNDOgpo/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYikrfNDOgpo/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diaper Inflation Wrecks Already-Strained Family Budgets in U.S.]]></title><description><![CDATA[P&G and Kimberly-Clark pass on higher costs to parents]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-09/diaper-costs-crush-families-as-p-g-and-kimberly-clark-pass-along-inflation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-09/diaper-costs-crush-families-as-p-g-and-kimberly-clark-pass-along-inflation</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 11:00:47 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iq469_l2u2Qg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iq469_l2u2Qg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Richard Dixson is spending almost $300 per month on diapers for his twin 3-year-old grandsons. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Booming Back-to-School Shopping Season May Give Retailers Lift They Need]]></title><description><![CDATA[Back-to-school spending is expected to increase 16% from 2020 as a return to in-person learning fuels consumer demand.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-08/back-to-school-shopping-2021-retailers-poised-for-strong-sales</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-08/back-to-school-shopping-2021-retailers-poised-for-strong-sales</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordyn Holman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2021 04:01:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iyU2N3dYeHxI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iyU2N3dYeHxI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Customers browse school supplies at a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. location in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Thursday, August 6, 2015. More U.S. parents are planning to increase back-to-school spending this fall than at any time in at least the past four years, according to a survey released Tuesday by the International Council of Shopping enters. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest Co. Gives Investors First Look at Performance After IPO]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-16/honest-co-gives-investors-first-look-at-performance-after-ipo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-16/honest-co-gives-investors-first-look-at-performance-after-ipo</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 20:32:32 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifgR4WXC_l2g/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifgR4WXC_l2g/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Honest Co. brand beauty mascara arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. The Honest Co., co-founded by actress Jessica Alba, has filed to list on the Nasdaq in an initial public offering. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Worth $1 Billion, Beautycounter Aims to Take Big Leap]]></title><description><![CDATA[The brand kept up growth during the pandemic when much of the industry struggled. Now with fresh capital, it’s in expansion mode.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-16/beautycounter-worth-1-billion-after-carlyle-deal-ceo-sees-recovery-in-makeup</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-16/beautycounter-worth-1-billion-after-carlyle-deal-ceo-sees-recovery-in-makeup</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 10:30:17 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iOMAWaRGr3aM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iOMAWaRGr3aM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Beautycounter products</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grill Makers Are Ready for a Busy Summer of Maskless Backyard BBQs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Soaring demand for barbecues in 2020 caught the industry by surprise. This year, it’s ready.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-21/grill-makers-ready-for-big-summer-of-maskless-backyard-bbqs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-21/grill-makers-ready-for-big-summer-of-maskless-backyard-bbqs</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2021 14:00:24 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4jbOkK2I92M/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4jbOkK2I92M/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Grilling prawns, meat and vegetables on barbecue in backyard</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jessica Alba’s Honest Co. Slumps Less Than a Week After Its IPO]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-10/jessica-alba-s-honest-co-slumps-less-than-a-week-after-its-ipo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-10/jessica-alba-s-honest-co-slumps-less-than-a-week-after-its-ipo</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 16:26:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDZik2Fhu.NI/v253/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDZik2Fhu.NI/v253/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clorox Plans Price Hike for Glad Products, and More May Follow]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-30/clorox-plans-price-hike-for-glad-products-and-more-may-follow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-30/clorox-plans-price-hike-for-glad-products-and-more-may-follow</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2021 19:03:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3uyRuHdTEao/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3uyRuHdTEao/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Clorox Co. Glad brand garbage bags. Photographer: Daniel Acker</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clorox Declines After Revenue Disappoints, Margins Narrow]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-30/clorox-slashes-outlook-on-first-margin-erosion-in-10-quarters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-30/clorox-slashes-outlook-on-first-margin-erosion-in-10-quarters</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2021 11:41:34 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFxkzwYVGyLg/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFxkzwYVGyLg/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Clorox company plant in Forest Park, Georgia, U.S., on Wednesday March 10, 2021. Photographer: Matt Odom</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kimberly-Clark Moves to Settle ‘Flushable’ Wipes Suit]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-26/kimberly-clark-to-settle-flushable-wipes-suit-with-city-agency</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-26/kimberly-clark-to-settle-flushable-wipes-suit-with-city-agency</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerald Porter Jr.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 18:56:49 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iyiIakbpEENs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iyiIakbpEENs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Kimberly-Clark Corp. Cottonelle brand flushable wipes are arranged for a photograph in Princeton, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. Kimberly-Clark Corp. is scheduled to report quarterly earnings on Oct. 22, 2018.</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>