First Quarter Report

Orkla Sees Growth In Operating Profit In First Quarter

Norwegian conglomerate Orkla has reported an 18.1% year-0n-year increase in operating profit, to NOK 1.5 billion, in the first quarter of its financial yea...

Walgreens Raises 2022 Profit Forecast As Q1 Earnings Exceed Estimates

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc raised its full-year adjusted profit growth forecast and beat first-quarter earnings estimates, as the US pharmacy major bets...

Tesco Reports Slowdown In UK Sales Growth In Q1

Tesco's sales growth has slowed sharply since the easing of the latest coronavirus lockdown as people start to visit pubs and restaurants again, Britain's...

Russia’s Lenta Sees Sales And Gross Margin Up In Q1 2021

Russian retailer Lenta has reported a 2.4% year-on-year growth in gross profit to RUB23.4 billion (€260 million) in the first quarter of its financial...

Coffee, Dairy, Pet Care Brands Boost Nestlé's First-Quarter Performance

Nestlé has said that it expects organic sales to grow more than 3.6% this year after strong demand for coffee, dairy and pet care products boos...

Danone Hopes For Profitable Growth In Second Half After Weak Start To 2021

Danone has kept its goal of returning to profitable growth in the second half of 2021 after posting a 3.3% fall in first quarter sales, as COVID-19 lo...

Russia's X5 Reports Net Sales Growth Of 8.1% In Q1 2020

Russia's X5 Retail Group has reported a year-on-year sales growth of 8.1% in the first quarter of its financial year 2021, driven by a 6.4% growth in offli...