Colgate Expects ‘Volatile’ Short Term In Emerging Markets Before ‘Prosperity’ In Longer Term
Executive Summary
“If you take a three- to five-year horizon, after a period of slowdown potentially, logically, we should expect another economic cycle that there will be more growth and prosperity," says Panagiotis Tsourapas, Colgate group president for Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Africa/Eurasia.
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