Cut-price shower gels lift Cussons

IMPERIAL Leather maker PZ Cussons has unveiled a raft of new products it hopes will keep the company growing.

The Manchester-based firm, which also makes tanning range St Tropez, said new Imperial Leather, Carex and Original Source products have been ‘well received’.

It added that low prices and discounts have been key to keep sales booming among costconscious shoppers.

However, shares fell 1.8pc, or 5.9p, to 323.5p as the firm said it was seeing tough trading conditions in many of its global markets.

‘Consumers are shopping cautiously, reflecting general cost inflation outstripping wage growth, and broader economic uncertainty,’ it warned.