Consumer goods giant Unilever talked of “broad-based growth” and being “on track for [the] full-year outlook” in its Q3 trading statement issued on Thursday.

What that meant for the multinational giant is underlying sales growth (USG) of 3.9% to €14.7 billion for the company as a whole. That's better than the 3.6% growth for the year so far and also much better than the 3.5% fall in Q3 2024.

The two divisions relevant to our readers progressed better than the overall company with Beauty & Wellbeing up 5.1% to €3.2 billion compared to 4.2% for the year so far and a negative 3.1% for Q3 last year.

And Personal Care rose 4.1% in the latest quarter to reach €3.3 billion, although this is less than the 4.6% of the year to date, but better than the 2.3% drop in Q3 last year

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