No predictions from Unilever's Polman

摘要

Unilever, the global giant behind personal care brands Sure and Axe, and food brands Lipton, Slim Fast and Hellman's, provided a strong launch pad for new chief executive Paul Polman when it reported net profits up by 28 percent for 2008. rnFor the full year net profit increased to 5.3 billion euros (US$6.8bn) from sales that were up 1 percent at 40.5bn euros ($52.3bn). Much of the improvement was from supply chain savings of 1.1bn euros ($1.4bn).