UK: Unilever chief Polman warns on H2 as sales growth slows

By: just-food.com | 5 August 2010

Unilever chief executive Paul Polman today (5 August) issued a warning about competitive and commodity-cost pressure in the back half of 2010 after the group saw sales growth slow in the second quarter of the year.

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Unilever chief executive Paul Polman today (5 August) issued a warning about competitive and commodity-cost pressure in the back half of 2010 after the group saw sales growth slow in the second quarter of the year.

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