European Consumer Staples: HPC: US Nielsen insights (4 w/e June 13th)

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European Consumer Staples: HPC: US Nielsen insights (4 w/e June 13th)

Equity Research

23 June 2026

European Consumer Staples

HPC: US Nielsen insights (4 w/e

June 13th)

Overview of US Nielsen trends by company and category. European Consumer Staples

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Nielsen has now introduced syndicated reports that expand coverage from Full View European Consumer Staples

Measurement (FVM+C) to All Measured Outlet (AMO). Under FVM+C, coverage was limited to Warren Ackerman

traditional xAOC+C channels- Food, Drug, Mass, Walmart, Club, Dollar, and Military-along +44 (0)20 3134 1903

with Amazon 1P. The transition to AMO adds incremental coverage, including Costco, Pet warren.ackerman@barclays.com

Retail, and select additional accounts. Barclays, UK

Abhishek Gokhale

The latest US Nielsen IQ data for the four weeks ending June 13th was released today. +91 (0)22 6175 1952

Below, we summarise monthly sales growth trends in Nielsen tracked categories for Beiersdorf, abhishek.gokhale@barclays.com

Galderma (covered by Yihan Li), Haleon, Henkel, L’Oréal and Reckitt in Europe and Church & Barclays, UK

Dwight, Clorox, Colgate, Kenvue, Kimberly Clark and P&G in the US (all US companies covered

by Lauren Lieberman).

Analysis on other metrics e.g. brand level splits, volume/pricing/promo trends, etc. is available

upon request.

Best,

Warren

Key Takeaways from the data release below:

European Companies

• Beiersdorf: Latest 4wk sales +2.3% YoY, Latest 4wk volume -0.5% YoY, Latest 4wk market

share +15 bps; the main driver was Hand & Body +7.2% YoY (vs category +12.4%), and the

main drag was Sun Care -8.4% YoY (vs category +11.9%). Volumes were slightly negative,

reflecting slight weakness in core Hand & Body (-1.5%) and continued weakness in Sun Care