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SIG Posts 8.6% Growth In Revenue In First Half

Packaging giant SIG has reported 8.6% growth in core revenue (at constant currency) in the first half of its financial year ended 30 June 2020, partly...

Lenta Posts Retail Sales Growth Of 9.6% In H1 2020

Russian retailer Lenta has posted a 9.6% year-on-year growth in retail sales to RUB 213.4 billion (€2.6 billion) in the first half of its financial ye...

Britain's Hotel Chocolat Tackles Growing Pains As Profit Rises

British chocolatier Hotel Chocolat is making progress with supply chain improvements to address inefficiencies exposed by its overseas expansion, it said o...

Brown-Forman Sees 5% Sales Growth In H1, Reaffirms Full-Year Outlook

Brown-Forman Corporation, the parent of Jack Daniel's, has posted net sales growth of 5% to $1.8 billion (€1.62 billion) in the first half of its fina...

Rémy Cointreau Sees Flat Current Operating Profit After Weak First Half

French spirits group Rémy Cointreau predicted on Thursday that its current operating profit for the year would be flat because of a weaker-than...

Sainsbury's Profit Falls 15% After Failure Of Asda Deal

British supermarket group Sainsbury's reported a 15% fall in first-half profit, blaming the combined impact of the phasing of cost savings, higher marketin...

Marks & Spencer Sees Profit Down 17% In First Half

Britain's Marks & Spencer on Wednesday reported a 17% drop in first-half profit, dragged down by falling clothing sales, illustrating the bumpy pat...