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Pittards expects second-half slowdown

09/01/2017

Tanning group Pittards expects its full-year results for 2016 to be lower than previously forecast due to disruption to its manufacturing operations in Ethiopia, as well as a drop in global demand.  The company revealed that unrest in Ethiopia, which has been under a state of emergency since October 2016, resulted in a loss of production at its...

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