Buyout firm Apollo declined to submit offer for FTSE 100 group’s household cleaning business
Consumer goods group hopes to sell Essential Home business by end of year despite volatility
Damages of $495mn awarded after lawsuit against rival over premature infant formula puts pressure on consumer group
A focus on ‘power brands’ is the new mantra for conglomerates once known for their heft
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Group’s promised plans at least give shareholders the hope of upside to come
Household goods group to review infant formula business and put consumer brand portfolio up for sale
FTSE 100 consumer group’s Mead Johnson unit hit by US litigation over baby formula death
Calls for more radical break-ups are likely to intensify
Eminence Capital began buying shares in March when they were hit by a $60mn US damages award
US award is latest problem for consumer group after disastrous baby formula acquisition
Enfamil judgment against the group marks just the latest in a long series of mis-steps
Kris Licht says consumer group will take ‘a(chǎn)ll steps available’ to challenge jury verdict that Enfamil product caused death of infant
Illinois jury awards $35mn more than was sought by the plaintiff’s lawyer
UK-based maker of Nurofen and Dettol disinfectant reveals compliance issue in Middle Eastern markets
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FDA sends letters to UK-listed group and two others after recalls for potential bacterial contamination
Executive team shuffling will hopefully have galvanising effect on FTSE 100 company
Price rises, however, drive revenue growth at maker of Dettol and Nurofen
Former health division head to replace interim boss Nicandro Durante at UK household products group
Maker of Durex and Nurofen says sales also affected by tough price negotiations with retailers
Demand for over-the-counter remedies rises as rebound in seasonal illnesses combines with Covid-19
Reckitt Benckiser becomes latest consumer goods group to report falling sales volumes
Laxman Narasimhan to take the reins of coffee chain from interim leader Howard Schultz
