More pressure is being put on P&G to re-evaluate its company structure. Calls for a company break-up have been accelerating since early mid-summer when Bernstein Analyst Ali Dibadj started questioning the company's future, and whether the company's CEO AG Lafley was catalysing progress at a sufficient rate. The issue resurfaced recently with the Financial Times asking more questions in a major article.
Speaking to Cosmetics Business, Bernstein’s Dibadj reiterated his call for the multi-billion business to be broken up into three pieces. “However, if the company doesn’t improve, I think they’ll come around to it, just like the cost-cutting, management change and many other things we’ve suggested,” he said.