Henkel launches more hygiene products during pandemic

BERLIN (Reuters) - German consumer goods group Henkel said on Monday it is launching more hygiene-related products in response to the coronavirus pandemic after it reported a big jump in first-quarter sales of detergents, soap and household cleaners.Henkel, which makes Dial soap and Persil detergent, expects demand for such products to persist even as the crisis ebbs, Carsten Knobel, Henkel's former finance chief who took over as chief executive in January, told analysts.Henkel has already..