Coty’s Turnaround Plan Takes Aim At Excess Complexity; $3bn Write-down Reflects P&G Brands’ Erosion
Executive Summary
The firm’s “realistic” four-year plan, unveiled 1 July, is designed “to build a better business … while we gradually prepare for growth.” The turnaround effort is expected to cost Coty $600m over the 2020-2023 period and includes a $3bn impairment charge, largely within its ailing Consumer Beauty unit, to be recorded in fiscal 2019.
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