date:Aug 07, 2014
Italian drinks business Gruppo Campari has reported a 1.8% drop in first half sales to 686.1 million with organic sales up 3.8%. Group pre-tax profit slipped 0.9% to 91.3 million and net profit was down 0.5% to 57.3 million.
Bob Kunze-Concewitz, chief executive of Gruppo Campari, comments: On the back of a weak first quarter impacted by Easter timing, the expected robust recovery in organic sales in most key brand market combinations led to positive full first half 2014 results. In particular,