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France’s Ubisoft tops guidance for Q1 net bookings on strong GaaS engagement
Date: July 19, 2024
(Corrects July 18 story to say Ubisoft beat its own forecast but missed consensus for net bookings in headline and paragraphs 1 and 4; removes extraneous words in paragraphs 5 and 9) (Reuters) -French video game maker Ubisoft reported first-quarter net bookings above its own forecast on Thursday, citing robust engagement metrics driven by...
Electrolux swings to operating profit in Q2
Date: July 19, 2024
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Electrolux, the world’s second-biggest appliances maker, reported on Friday an operating profit that swung to a profit, as expected, and said consumer demand had continued to be mixed. (Reporting by Marie Mannes, editing by Louise Rasmussen)...
Lift maker Schindler’s orders slip in Q2, weighed by China
Date: July 19, 2024
By Louis van Boxel-Woolf and Bartosz Dabrowski (Reuters) -Swiss lift and escalator maker Schindler reported a slight decline in second-quarter order intake on Friday, as China’s construction market slowdown weighs on new installations. Its order intake was 2.98 billion Swiss francs ($3.35 billion) in the second quarter, down 0.4% from a year earlier in...
Consumer goods makers weighed down by weak US and European sales
Date: July 19, 2024
By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) – Consumer goods giants including Nestle, Kraft Heinz and Reckitt are likely to report weak second-quarter sales growth from Europe and the United States, as consumers opt for brands that have been better at slowing price hikes, Nielsen data shows. Analysts and investors have voiced concerns for several quarters...
Big central banks are starting to cut rates, slowly
Date: July 18, 2024
By Naomi Rovnick and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – The move to ease monetary policy among major central banks is proving much slower than the race to jack up interest rates from late 2021 to curtail surging inflation. The European Central Bank left rates steady on Thursday, after delivering a first cut in June. The...
Homeware retailer Dunelm sees annual profit slightly ahead of market view
Date: July 18, 2024
Homeware retailer Dunelm sees annual profit slightly ahead of market view (Reuters) – British homewares retailer Dunelm Group forecast its annual profit to be slightly higher than market consensus on Thursday, helped by an increase in volumes as customers spent on new furnishings to spruce up their homes. Profit before tax for the year ended...