Premier Foods warns of sales slip
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Premier Foods, the firm behind Branston Pickle, warns April's hot weather "particularly impacted" sales.
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Marks &amp; Spencer, reporting its fourth straight quarter of falling sales, says food sales slipped slightly in the last two weeks of September but clothing was steady.
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WASHINGTON -- Retail sales posted a modest gain in August, helped by the biggest jump in auto sales in more than a year. But there are concerns that spending could falter as the steep slump in housing and financial market turbulence weigh on consumer confidence.
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Slow sales in Asia are expected to cut into sales and profits.
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The soup maker said its second-quarter profit slipped 3.9 percent to $274 million even though its sales rose.
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U.S. chain store retail sales fell in the latest week as unseasonable weather caused sales to slow a retail report said on Tuesday.
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Unilever said it was unhappy with its results and promised &quot;urgent action&quot; to turn sales around yesterday after the consumer goods and food giant posted a 4 per cent fall in third-quarter sales.
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Unilever shares fell sharply after the household products giant issued a warning over its profits for 2004. The Anglo-Dutch food-to-detergents group admitted that its leading brands&#39; performance in the third quarter would be below that of the second.
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Business & money: Retail chain warns that consumer spending will decline over the next six months
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The retailer, led by the hedge fund manager Edward Lampert, warned that falling sales would force it to post fourth-quarter earnings well below analyst estimates.
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Consumer goods giant Unilever, fresh from a shock profits warning last month, says bad weather hit sales over the summer months.
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Holiday sales are expected to rise at  their slowest pace in five years as the weak housing market and  a credit crunch temper consumer spending, the National Retail  Federation said on Thursday.
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U.S. chain store retail sales slipped  during the Thanksgiving holiday week, as consumers took  advantage of discounted merchandise, a retail report said on  Tuesday.
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Canadian beer giant Molson Inc. warned that poor summer sales will force it to fall short of guidance, but declined to offer specifics before it issues second-quarter results at the end of October.
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Premier Foods, which owns Hovis, warns that rises in wheat prices could force it to put up bread prices again.
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Shares in Unilever fall after the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant issued a surprise profits warning.
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Unilever shares have fallen 5.7% after the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant issued a surprise profits warning. Unilever said sales of ice cream and its tea drinks were &quot;substantially lower&quot; in July and August due to very poor weather in northern Europe.