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Tesco gets PR and share price boost from row with Unilever

Published Mon, Oct 17, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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TESCO appeared to emerge victorious from a pricing row with Unilever on Friday, with its shares rising 5 per cent and analysts saying Britain's biggest retailer had scored a public relations coup by casting itself as the consumer's champion.

Though details of the agreement between the supermarket group and one of its main suppliers were not disclosed, analysts said Unilever had probably at least partially backed down in its bid to raise prices to compensate for a plunge in sterling following Britain's vote to leave the European Union. "For the first time in many yea…

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