Financial
Unilever Records 31% Profit Rise
Unilever announced Thursday its first-quarter profits spiked 31 percent to 1.41 billion euros, or $2.1 billion at average exchange...
— May 9, 2008
Marketing Costs Hit Puma Net
German sporting goods and apparel retailer Puma AG saw its first-quarter net earnings slide nearly 7 percent due to high marketing and retail investments.
— May 8, 2008
Hermes Sales Forge Ahead 13.4 Percent
Proving itself a luxury thoroughbred, Hermÿs International said Wednesday that sales raced ahead 13.4 percent in the first quarter to 415.1 million euros,...
— May 8, 2008
Weak Dollar Drags Down Safilo First-Quarter Net
Italian eyewear company Safilo Group on Tuesday reported a near 37 percent drop in first-quarter earnings, after the spiraling dollar bit into sales.
— May 7, 2008
Maidenform, DKI Sign Licensing Deal
The DKNY and Donna Karan intimate apparel brands will have a new home for spring 2009 at Maidenform Brands Inc.
— May 7, 2008
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Investindustrial Unit Buys Selective
Perfume Holdings, a subsidiary of Milan-based investment group Investindustrial, has acquired 72 percent of Selective Beauty, the French manufacturing and...
— May 7, 2008
CIT Pulls Mervyns Credit Approval
Mervyns' credit approval for $40 million in orders has been withdrawn by CIT Group Inc.
— May 6, 2008
