Unilever sales growth hurt by slowing emerging market

LONDON: Unilever  missed second-quarter sales estimates on Thursday, citing a slowdown in emerging markets and continuing malaise in developed markets. The Anglo-Dutch maker of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Dove soap and Lipton tea said underlying sales – which exclude the impact of foreign exchange, acquisitions and disposals – rose 3.8 percent, compared to analysts’ [...]

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