The company's global headquarters was located immediately north of Atlanta in the Perimeter Centeredge city. The company announced plans in 2016 to relocate HQ to New Jersey, United States.[3]
Newell Brands Inc. is a marketer of consumer and commercial products.
The Company's segments include Writing, Home Solutions, Commercial Products, Baby & Parenting, Branded Consumables, Consumer Solutions, Outdoor Solutions and Process Solutions.
Its products are marketed under a portfolio of brands, including Paper Mate, Sharpie, Dymo, Expo, Parker, Elmer's, Coleman, Jostens, Marmot, Rawlings, Mr. Coffee, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Graco, Baby Jogger, NUK, Calphalon, Rubbermaid, Contigo, First Alert, Waddington and Yankee Candle.
Writing segment consists of the Writing and Creative Expression business. Home Solutions segment designs, manufactures or sources and distributes a range of consumer products under various brand names.
Commercial Products segment designs, manufactures or sources and distributes cleaning and refuse products.
Its Baby & Parenting segment designs and distributes infant and juvenile products.
Newell Brands (NWL -19.3%) falls hard after lowering its full year guidance.
• The company expects sales growth of 0.8% vs. +1.5% to +2.0% prior outlook and EPS to fall in range of $2.72 to $2.76 vs. $2.80 to $2.85 prior.
• Newell also revealed plans for a huge transformation that will see the company look to explore options for some industrial and commercial assets, as well as reduce its factory and warehouse footprint fall by 50%.
• Some of the brands that could be shopped include Rawlings, Goody, Rubbermaid Outdoor, Closet, Refuse and Garage and U.S. Playing Cards.
• "We are committed to achieving our transformation objectives and are taking decisive action with speed to adapt our agenda to the unprecedented volatility in our retailer landscape," says CEO Michael Polk.
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In terms of the restructuring, Newell is looking to simplify its model by exploring strategic options for some of its industrial and commercial product assets, as well as for some of its smaller consumer businesses.
Ultimately, the execution of these strategic options would result in a significant reduction in operational complexity through a 50% reduction in the company’s global factory and warehouse footprint, a 50% reduction in its customer base and the consolidation of 80% of global sales on two ERP platforms by the end of 2019.
For 2017, the company expects to see earnings in the range of $2.72 to $2.76 per share, down from the previous range of $2.80 to $2.85. The consensus estimates call for $2.81 per share and $14.78 billion in revenue for the 2017 full year.
Sharpie、Paper Mate、Expo，Elmer's Glue是美國家家戶戶最常使用的文具，不管是在Target or Walmart or Staple or Office Depot，Sharpie, paper mate, expo 還有Bic（另外一家公司）是文具區里的大宗．Sharpie在實驗室裏也頗受歡迎．
On December 14, 2015, Newell Rubbermaid announced that it would acquire Jarden for over $15 billion of cash and stock. The combined company will be known as Newell Brands, and 55% will be owned by Newell's shareholders. The combined company will have an estimated annual sales of $16 billion.[10][11]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newell_Brands
