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The difficulty for UK consumer goods group is in sustaining an impressive first quarter
Consumer goods group suffers hit to sales volumes but maintains profitability outlook
Companies are cutting corners on product size or limiting services to preserve margins as their costs rise
Price increases to cover cost of inflation help drive bonuses higher
Coke, Pepsi, Starbucks, Yum Brands and Unilever pull back after invasion of Ukraine
World’s largest ice-cream maker pledges to assess performance against six measures
Israeli licence-holder claims its contract was terminated after it refused to end sales in occupied Palestinian territories
CVC’s €4.5bn deal to buy brands such as PG Tips means it will also be responsible for plantations in Africa
Investors can expect the Anglo-Dutch consumer group to continue trying their patience
Consumer goods group rules out major acquisitions after abortive bid for GlaxoSmithKline unit
Top shareholders not mollified after company’s surprise £50bn pursuit of GSK businesses
Outside critiques are already forcing change at Unilever and Peloton
Simplification helps cost allocation but disregards business realities
Restructuring follows news that Nelson Peltz’s Trian Partners has built a stake
Plus, Asia’s richest man sets his sights on small businesses and private equity firms borrow billions to sidestep the public-listing trend
Consumer goods group’s shares rise after Nelson Peltz stake revealed
Google is facing a fresh complaint from Germany’s largest publishers and advertisers
Arrival of Nelson Peltz’s group comes as UK consumer giant under pressure from investors after failed £50bn bid
Consumer goods group faces biggest crisis in years as it seeks to correct faltering strategy
Margin reset treatments are painful — this is a stock for the very patient
Top shareholder urges executives to improve business rather than chase big acquisitions
Top-10 investor Flossbach ‘would strongly oppose’ a deal for consumer business
Rating agency says group risks losing A status that it is determined to retain
Consumer goods group has gems it could sell piecemeal
Plus, Unilever places the bid no one asked for and British pensioners unwittingly fund a controversial spyware group
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