PZ Cussons 苦しむs 利益(をあげる)s 攻撃する,衝突する as UK shoppers 注目する,もくろむ 割引 競争相手s

皇室の Leather-owner PZ Cussons has seen 利益(をあげる)s 苦しむ after Britain’s 急に上がるing インフレーション encouraged shoppers to 交換(する) brand 指名する soaps for 割引d 競争相手s.

Adjusted pre-税金 利益(をあげる)s slid 15% to £34 million for the six months ending in November, driven 大部分は by 堅い UK 貿易(する)ing 条件s driven as shoppers 強化するd their belts.

PZ Cussons, which also own St Tropez sun tan lotion and 初めの Source にわか雨 gel, 推定する/予想するs 利益(をあげる)s to scrub up better in the second half of the year when it 得るs the rewards of new 製品 開始する,打ち上げるs and bigger 配当.

A picture of PZ Cussons´ Imperial Leather range (PZ Cussons/PA)

A picture of PZ Cussons´ 皇室の Leather 範囲 (PZ Cussons/PA)

歳入s 解除するd 2% to £385.4 million over the period, but 投資家s took a 薄暗い 見解(をとる) of the half-year update, with 株 dropping more than 3% in afternoon 貿易(する)ing on the London 在庫/株 交流.

British 世帯s have 直面するd a 支えるd squeeze on their spending 力/強力にする from a jump in the cost of living and paltry 行う growth, にもかかわらず インフレーション 緩和 to 3% in December.

In a 株式市場 告示, PZ Cussons said: “In the UK, 消費者s are shopping 慎重に 反映するing general cost インフレーション outstripping 行う growth and broader 経済的な 不確定, resulting in lower profita bility in the washing and bathing 分割 versus the 事前の period.

“製品 開始する,打ち上げるs across 皇室の Leather, Carex and 初めの Source brands have been 井戸/弁護士席 received. However, 容積/容量s remain very 極度の慎重さを要する to price points and 割引ing.

“その上の brand 率先s are planned for the second half with 革新 for the 消費者 ますます important to 安全な・保証する 配当 and 配達する stand out on shelf.”

Pre-税金 利益(をあげる)s made for brighter reading on a statutory basis, 解除するing 37% to £34.2 million, but 報告(する)/憶測d 歳入s in Europe fell 4% to £129.9 million.

While 利ざやs were squeezed across Europe and Africa, Asia helped 軟化する the blow thanks to strong 貿易(する)ing in Australia and Indonesia.

The FTSE 250 会社/堅い said its 十分な-year results hinged on a “successful 配達/演説/出産” in the UK, coupled with 改善するd 経済成長 in Nigeria.

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