date:Jul 25, 2014
cent in the quarter, lower than the 2.5 per cent median estimate, as shipments of health and beauty, home-care, and refreshment products such as tea and ice cream all slowed from the first quarter.
Underlying sales in emerging markets increased 6.6 per cent, trailing the 10 per cent expansion in the same period of last year, while revenue in developed markets rose 0.3 per cent. Underlying sales exclude the effect of acquisitions, disposals and currency fluctuations.
Slowing Growth
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