Beiersdorf achieves best-ever first half results

Published: 7-Aug-2015
Finance

The German conglomerate saw sales lift 1.5%

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A frail euro, lower raw material expenses and – ignoring Western Europe, briefly – encouraging sales, saw Germany’s Beiersdorf claim its best ever first half set of numbers.

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