CHICAGO - Playtex Products Inc. put itself up for sale today, making the tampon-maker the latest small firm to look for a way out of the competitive consumer products market. Shares of Westport, Conn.

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CHICAGO, July 11 (Reuters) - Playtex Products Inc. shares jumped nearly 6 percent in heavy trading on Wednesday afternoon after the consumer products company backed out of speaking at a CIBC ...

CHICAGO, July 13 (Reuters) - Energizer Holdings Inc.'s $1.16 billion bid for small consumer products company Playtex Products Inc. may be the starting point for more deals in what has been a quiet ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Playtex Products Co. said after Thursday's closing bell that its moving to a consolidated operational structure in North America and restructuring its operations in ...

Playtex Products is down 14 percent to $7.55 in afternoon trades. After Monday's closing bell, the Westport, Conn., maker of personal care and consumer products reported first-quarter earnings of ...