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  • Reckitt sells majority stake in Air Wick and Cillit Bang arm

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    Reckitt Benckiser has agreed to sell its Essential Home business to private equity investor Advent International for $4.8bn (£3.6bn). Essential Home includes the brands Air Wick, Calgon, Woolite and Cillit Bang. The FTSE 100 giant, which will retain a 30 per cent equity stake in the business, has been reshaping its business to focus on “11 high-growth, high-margin [...]

    Reckitt, the owner of brands such as Dettol, has struggled with growth headwinds over the past two years

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