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Sales of deodorant rise as people head back into the office

Businessman wearing blue shirt spraying deodorant under arms
Businessman wearing blue shirt spraying deodorant under arms
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Remember the pandemic?  When we were all forced to stay home?  Our lives changed a lot during that time, including our grooming habits.

Admit it, since we couldn't leave the house, how many of y'all just became complete slobs?


We can see you raising your hands, but the time of working from home seems to gradually being eliminated, as more business and more offices are heading back into the office.

For some though, that meant having to re-learn all those grooming habits when we hung out in public.  As such, sales of deodorant right now are BOOMING right now!

The parent company of Degree deodorant and Axe body spray Unilever told Fortune they saw an 8% bump in sales of "personal care" products last quarter, including soap and body wash.  About half of it was from deodorant sales alone!

And honestly, thank goodness people are buying deodorant again.

Unilever CFO Graeme Pitkethly said during a media call, "People didn't use deodorant as much when they were in lockdown or working from home, et cetera. I think we're seeing some of the recovery of that coming through."

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