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Chocolate Maker Lindt & Spruengli Fy Sales Rise 8%, Backs 2023 View
Date: January 17, 2023
ZURICH (Reuters) – Lindt & Spruengli said on Tuesday that strong international sales helped organic sales grow by 8.4% last year and the Swiss chocolate maker backed its sales growth forecast for this year, despite expecting inflation to pose a challenge. Overall sales rose to 4.97 billion Swiss francs ($5.30 billion) in 2022, the maker...
King Charles, Prince William Make First Appearances Since Harry’s Memoir
Date: January 13, 2023
By Michael Holden ABOYNE, Scotland (Reuters) -Britain’s King Charles and Prince William made their first public appearances on Thursday since the release of the monarch’s son Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir and TV interviews in which he made accusations against them and other royals. In his book “Spare”, Harry divulges that he had begged his father...
Logitech Shares Sink as It Cuts Sales Outlook After Weak Quarter
Date: January 12, 2023
ZURICH (Reuters) -Logitech International on Thursday reported lower earnings and sales between October and December and cut its sales outlook, sending its shares down by almost a fifth in opening trade. The Swiss-American maker of keyboards, mice and headsets cited a difficult economic backdrop and supply chain uncertainties linked to China’s COVID-19 outbreak for numbers...
Christmas Fizz Prompts UK’s Sainsbury’s to Lift Profit Guidance
Date: January 11, 2023
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Sainsbury’s, the first listed British supermarket to update on Christmas trading, forecast full-year profit at the upper end of its guidance after shoppers spent more than expected on festive treats despite a deepening cost-of-living crisis. Ahead of Christmas, European retailers worried the trading period could be the worst in at...
Jd Sports Sees Bills-Free Young Shoppers Boosting Profits
Date: January 11, 2023
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – JD Sports expects young shoppers not yet saddled with household bills to defy the economic gloom and keep buying Nike trainers and other sportswear, after it posted bumper Christmas sales. The British retailer, which sold 2.6 million pairs of Nike Air Force 1 shoes in the last three months...
Festive Cheer Boosts Profit Outlook for UK’s Card Factory
Date: January 10, 2023
By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) – UK greeting cards retailer Card Factory lifted its full-year earnings forecast on Tuesday after people flocked to its high street stores to buy Christmas cards as Royal Mail strikes deterred online sales. Shares of the FTSE SmallCap firm rose as much as 9.2% to 95 pence, their highest level...