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...Health was the best-performing category, with growth driven by the company’s “intimate wellness” brands — which include Durex, Queen V and K-Y — and improving performance in China....
...Chris Sinclair will step down as chair of UK consumer goods group Reckitt Benckiser in May after completing his nine-year term. He will be succeeded by former Sky boss Jeremy Darroch....
...Reckitt Benckiser has reported the highest annual revenue growth in its history as the Covid-19 hygiene boom led to surging sales for its Dettol and Lysol disinfectants....
...(FT) News round-up PwC sued for failing to spot alleged fraud at racing car dealer (FT) Tesla overcomes supply chain woes to boost profit margins (FT + Lex) Reckitt Benckiser shares hit as boom in cleaning...
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...But he also stressed that Reckitt Benckiser will not be able to depend on supernormal growth in these brands indefinitely....
...Hygiene mania prompted by the pandemic has led to soaring sales for companies such as Reckitt Benckiser....
...Lombard Integrating Mead Johnson’s baby food and nutrition business into Reckitt Benckiser has been harder than it looked and yesterday's writedown caps three years of earnings disappointments....
...Rubber gloves, face masks and hand sanitisers make up small parts of the portfolios of Reckitt Benckiser and Bunzl, whose fortunes are tied more broadly to global growth....
...Please sign up here Latest news Amazon has lost an appeal in a French court case brought by unions that argued the ecommerce group was not doing enough to protect warehouse workers Reckitt Benckiser said...
...Benckiser's addiction treatment business....
...The departure — officially retirement — of Bart Becht, the former Reckitt Benckiser boss, as chairman this week revealed splits over strategy at the hyper-acquisitive investment vehicle of Germany’s Reimann...
...Investors are still waiting for last quarter’s results from the three European companies with the biggest US exposure — Nestlé, L’Oréal, and Reckitt Benckiser....
...The company has been mired in a series of legal cases since before it was spun out of Reckitt Benckiser in 2014, including multiple investigations into whether it illegally tried to keep generic versions...
...Today’s Lombard column focuses on Reckitt Benckiser’s new strategy of splitting its healthcare and hygiene businesses: “It felt horrible.”...
...Benckiser but will vote in favour of one at Aviva....
...Another company that has been criticised over its LTIP is consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser, which is facing a potential revolt over pay at its annual meeting in May....
...He had inherited a chemicals company in 1952 that was a precursor to what is now Reckitt Benckiser....
...Directors at Indivior wasted no time in registering their first trades in the Reckitt Benckiser spin-out....
...Sales at Reckitt Benckiser, maker of Dettol disinfectant, Durex condoms and Vanish laundry aids, grew at their weakest quarterly pace in three years as demand remained weak in developed markets and slowed...
...Unilever lost 2.4 per cent to £26.19 while Reckitt Benckiser fell 1.9 per cent to £52.90 in spite of an upbeat presentation to a Merrill Lynch meeting....
...Campbell Soup was once considered a possible partner, while Mr Russo points to Reckitt Benckiser, a company increasingly focused on pharmaceuticals which happens to own the French’s mustard brand: “It's...
...Reckitt Benckiser held steady in a falling London market on Friday amid talk of potential acquisitions....
...Among the risers, Reckitt Benckiser gained 1.9 per cent to £33.24 after Bernstein Research gave another airing to takeover theories....
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