Reuben Mark
Reuben Mark
The Right Reverend K. Reuben Mark is the presentBishop - in - Karimnagar and the sixth in succession. Reuben Mark occupies the Cathedra of the Bishop placed in Karimnagar's CSI-Wesley Cathedral...
area areas both despite developing dollar drove economic exceeded geographic good improvement margin met problems profit record strong together volume
Good growth, together with strong margin improvement in every division, drove us to another record in both dollar profit and profitability, ... Every geographic area met or exceeded our volume expectations despite economic problems in some areas of the developing world.
continue encouragement great half momentum results second strong year
These strong second-quarter results give us great encouragement that our momentum will continue in the second half of this year and the year 2000.
business care eliminate focusing ongoing personal pet portions sale strategy
This sale is part of Colgate's ongoing strategy to de-emphasize and eliminate low-margin portions of the business while focusing on our high-margin, fast-growing oral, personal and pet care businesses.
achieved across continued cost despite difficult divisions encouraged global growth momentum operating pleased positive pricing quarter strong time top year
We are pleased that our strong top-line momentum continued this quarter across all operating divisions and on top of the outstanding growth achieved in the year ago period. We are especially encouraged that global pricing was positive for the first time in two years, despite difficult cost and competitive environments.
allowed conditions control economic excellent finish gross healthy higher increase margin marketing meeting overhead profit provide spending strong total weak worldwide
With weak economic conditions around the world, this was a strong finish to a strong year, ... The combination of sharply higher gross margin and excellent overhead control allowed us to provide a healthy increase in total marketing spending worldwide while also meeting our profit expectations.