Higher materials costs affected every segment of the business, offsetting sales increases that were notably higher in Latin America and Asia.

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Organic volumes grew 2% in the Americas segment, where higher commodity costs affected realized profits, even as revenue grew 64%.

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The issue of which workers are going to be affected, I was interested that in your previous segment talking about the debt that people have and how it's very hard to become middle class and to retain middle-class status these days.

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Apart from the high input cost environment, margins have been adversely affected by disproportionate growth in developing markets and mid-tier products, which have lower than segment average selling prices (ASPs) and lower demand for premium-priced products leading to an adverse product mix and a downward pressure on margins.

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