Consumer goods manufacturer Kimberly-Clark announced today that it was raising prices on a variety of products from Huggies diapers to Scott and Cottonelle bathroom tissue.

Kimberly-Clark said that higher raw materials costs as well as increased energy bills are the reason for the price increase.

Prices for Cottonelle and Scott bathroom tissue, Viva and Scott paper towels, Huggies diapers, Pull-Ups training pants, Goodnites youth pants and Huggies Little Swimmers swimpants will increase between 4 and 7 percent effective February 3, 2008.

Kimberly-Clark Announces Price Increases for U.S. Consumer Products Businesses [PR Newswire]
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