Unilever Innovating For Long-Term Growth, On Lookout For Acquisitions
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Challenging global market conditions weighed on Unilever’s fiscal 2014 results, but underlying sales grew 2.9% for the year, the firm reports. Impactful innovation, cost containment and M&A activity are key elements of the firm’s long-term growth plan in an economic climate not likely to improve appreciably any time soon.
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