THE HAGUE: Dutch food and cosmetics giant Unilever said Thursday that while it had managed to increase sales, consumer demand is weak both in emerging and industrialized markets.

It put an 11 percent drop in net profit to 2.66 billion euros ($2.9 billion) and a 13 percent fall in operating profit to 3.8 billion in the first half of this year due to results last year being inflated thanks to sales of several brands.

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