COVID-19

Danone Lays Out Productivity Plans In Virus-Led Restructuring

French food group Danone has laid out plans for becoming a more efficient organisation in a post-COVID world, including by cutting costs, trimmin...

Pfizer Ends COVID-19 Trial With 95% Efficacy

Pfizer Inc said that final results from the late-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine show it was 95% effective, adding it had the required two-months of sa...

Dry Brazil, Demand Set Soybeans On Track For Biggest Weekly Gain Since August

Chicago soybean futures gained more ground on Friday, with the market on track for its biggest weekly gain since late August as dry weather in Brazil and s...

Smurfit Kappa Says Third Quarter Performance Ahead Of Expectations

Smurfit Kappa Group has said that its third quarter performance is ahead of its expectations in its latest trading update for the nine months to 30 Septemb...

M&S Slides To First Loss As Coronavirus Hammers Clothing Sales

Britain's Marks & Spencer reported the first loss in its 94 years as a publicly listed company after clothing sales were hammered by the COVID-19 p...

Tesco Ireland Outlines Further Customer Support During Level 5 Lockdown

Tesco Ireland has today moved to reassure customers that it continues to be well-placed to respond to the Level 5 COVID-19 restrictions. Since March, Te...

Pernod Ricard Says Virus Woes Will Continue To Weigh On Q2

French spirits maker Pernod Ricard said sales would return to growth in the second half of its 2020/2021 fiscal year, although the downturn in travel retai...

Boots UK Sales Slump 29% As Pandemic Keeps Shoppers Away

British health and beauty retailer Boots said comparable retail sales fell 29.2% in its latest quarter as shopper numbers in stores were significantly redu...