<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Church &amp; Dwight ownership changes · Brandtree</title><link>https://brandtree.org/company/church-and-dwight</link><atom:link href="https://brandtree.org/company/church-and-dwight/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Acquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving Church &amp; Dwight.</description><item><title>Acquisition: Church &amp; Dwight — Waterpik</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/church-dwight-acquires-waterpik-2017</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/church-dwight-acquires-waterpik-2017</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Church &amp; Dwight acquired Waterpik for about $1 billion, its largest acquisition. Waterpik had effectively created the water flosser, a device dentists recommend for people who cannot floss conventionally, and it gave the company a durable oral care business alongside its toothpaste.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: Church &amp; Dwight — vitafusion</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/church-dwight-acquires-avid-health-2012</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/church-dwight-acquires-avid-health-2012</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Church &amp; Dwight acquired Avid Health, owner of the vitafusion and L'il Critters gummy vitamin brands, for about $650 million. Gummy vitamins were then growing far faster than tablets, and the purchase gave the company a position in supplements it had not had.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: Church &amp; Dwight — OxiClean</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/church-dwight-acquires-orange-glo-2006</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/church-dwight-acquires-orange-glo-2006</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Church &amp; Dwight acquired Orange Glo International, owner of OxiClean, for about $325 million. OxiClean had been built almost entirely through televised direct-response advertising, a channel most large consumer goods companies had ignored.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: Church &amp; Dwight — Trojan and First Response</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/church-dwight-acquires-carter-wallace-2001</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/church-dwight-acquires-carter-wallace-2001</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Church &amp; Dwight acquired the consumer products business of Carter-Wallace for about $739 million in a joint transaction, taking Trojan condoms and First Response pregnancy tests. It transformed a company known mainly for baking soda into a broad household and personal care group.</description></item></channel></rss>