Unilever posts solid start to 2019 with strong emerging market sales
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LONDON (Reuters) - Consumer goods group Unilever is on track to meet its performance goals this year after strong sales in emerging markets led to a better-than-expected start to 2019. The maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry's ice cream said on Thursday it still expects underlying sales growth in the lower half of a 3 to 5 percent range this year. It also stood by its 2020 targets, which include reaching an underlying operating margin of 20 percent.First quarter underlying sales, excluding..