Clorox’s Sales of Wipes Jump 20% Amid Ebola, Flu Worry
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Clorox Co.’s sales of disinfectant wipes jumped 20 percent last month, when Ebola fears and the onset of flu season prompted Americans to stock up on cleaning supplies.
While it’s hard to say how much Ebola fueled demand, the year-over-year gain helped get the wipes into more households, company executives said today in an interview at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York. About half of U.S. homes currently use Clorox wipes, compared with about 60 percent for liquid bleach.