Updates
** Shares of Kleenex tissue maker Kimberly-Clark KMB.N down 3.5% at $135.27% in early trading
** Co slashes annual profit forecast, warns broad-based tariffswill increase supply chain costs
** Reports Q1 revenue below analysts' estimates; price reductions and demand slowdown hurt revenue of co's North America segment, its largest
** However, Q1 adjusted profit beat estimates, according to data compiled by LSEG, helped by lower adjusted effective tax rate
** The company now faces tough decisions: to raise prices and risk losing loyal customers, or absorb costs and damage profitability - eMarketer analyst Zak Stambor
** Up to last close, stock had risen ~7% YTD
(Reporting by Neil J Kanatt in Bengaluru)
((Neil.JKanatt@thomsonreuters.com;))
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