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Colgate-Palmolive innovation teams are now being given elevated autonomy and access to a range of tools, including trend insights, AI and market validation methods (Getty Images) Personal care giant Colgate-Palmolive is shifting away from traditional line extensions, taking a design-led innovation approach that considers user experience and trends from start-to-finish, with teams focused on opportunities in active oral care, the skin microbiome and sustainability, says its chief technology officer.
Colgate-Palmolive targeting ‘breakthrough and disruptive’ design-led innovation
Addressing attendees at the online Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) 2021 conference held a few weeks back, Noel Wallace, chairman, president and CEO of Colgate-Palmolive, said whilst growth had been strong in 2020, the company was now focused on navigating out of the COVID-19 crisis.
Operator
Good day everyone and welcome to today s Colgate-Palmolive Company s Fourth Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call. This call is being recorded and is being simulcast live at www.colgatepalmolive.com. For opening remarks, I will turn the conference over to the Chief Investor Relations Officer, John Faucher. Please go ahead, John.
John A. Faucher
Chief Investor Relations Officer
Thanks, Shannon. Good morning and welcome to our 2020 fourth quarter and year-end earnings release conference call. This is John Faucher, Chief Investor Relations Officer.
Today s conference call will include forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from these statements. Please refer to the earnings press release and our most recent filings with the SEC, including our 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent SEC filings, all available on Colgate s website for a discussion of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements.