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Consumer goods groups face growing backlash over impact of plastic pollution
Flagging sales suggest the consumer goods group might need to invest more in the business
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Chief executive Alan Jope under pressure after consumer goods group cuts forecasts
Nils Anderson, former AP Moller-Maersk chief, to take over immediately
Fast food group passes over start-ups Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat for Europe launch
What if people lower down the pay ladder had a chance to take part in the executive share scheme?
Data show very little packaging is being made from recycled material
Retailer is expanding into US airports but still growing margin on UK high street
Maker of Dove soap and Lipton tea also losing ground to rivals in US
First time big consumer goods group commits to numerical target in cutting absolute plastic packaging use
Head of consumer goods group will shift company further in to the beauty and personal care market
Europe’s consumer goods groups aim to modernise food offerings as tastes change
New CEO Alan Jope aims to stoke expansion as shopping habits change
Calls for company boycott after claims viral video denigrates Kumbh Mela holy festival
Stefan De Loecker says industry ‘in turmoil’ given rise of challenger brands
Packaged goods groups left exposed by lack of structural change, report finds
Funds want to keep ability to trade London stocks of groups such as Shell and Unilever
Investors question margin target after fourth year of slowing sales
I had never before heard a business boss tell a proportion of some of his investors to get lost
Lenders could be left in control and shareholders wiped out
Prognosis is for further financial pain for chronic GlaxoSmithKline shareholders
