Wal-Mart, in a major announcement said by May 2008 it would only sell concentrated liquid laundry detergent in its US stores. The announcement from Lee Scott, president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores will also cover Wal-Mart Canada.
The announcement will have major implications for the packaging industry. As Sustainable is Good reported earlier this month, the laundry detergent industry has seen massive change in the last two years in the area of packaging and reformulation of product. Unilever, Proctor & Gamble, Dial and many others have all come out with concentrated versions of their most popular detergents.