Chris Licht
CEO
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Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RKT) Q1 2025 Earnings Call
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (LSE: RKT) Q1 2025 earnings conference call, held 2025-04-23. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.
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WEBVTT 00:00:00.301 -- 00:00:03.886 Good morning and welcome to Racket's Q1 Trading Update. 00:00:03.886 -- 00:00:08.812 I'm here with our CEO, Chris Licht, and our CFO, Shannon Eisenhardt, who will take you 00:00:08.812 -- 00:00:12.817 through some prepared remarks before we then take your questions. 00:00:12.817 -- 00:00:16.182 Before we start, I would like to draw your attention to the usual disclaimer in respect 00:00:16.182 -- 00:00:21.409 to forward-looking statements contained on page five of our R&S published this morning. 00:00:21.409 -- 00:00:23.331 I'll now hand over to Chris. 00:00:23.331 -- 00:00:27.317 Thank you, Nick. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. 00:00:27.317 -- 00:00:32.917 We have delivered a solid start to 2025. with our overall Q1 performance 00:00:32.917 -- 00:00:36.563 in line with the guidance provided in March. 00:00:36.563 -- 00:00:42.011 Core record delivered 3.1% like-for-like net revenue growth and volume growth of plus 00:00:42.011 -- 00:00:47.399 0.3%, closer to 1% when excluding the SAP pull-forward 00:00:47.399 -- 00:00:52.908 impact in Q1 last year. Emerging markets was especially strong, 00:00:52.908 -- 00:00:57.935 reflecting improved in-market execution, double-digit growth in intimate wellness, 00:00:57.935 -- 00:01:03.243 debt hole, and VMS, and continued momentum in China and India. 00:01:03.243 -- 00:01:08.450 We've continued to execute our strategy to transform Racket into a more efficient, world-class 00:01:08.450 -- 00:01:11.554 consumer health and hygiene company. 00:01:11.554 -- 00:01:16.160 Our sharpened focus on our power brands is delivering both better results and market 00:01:16.160 -- 00:01:18.163 share gains. 00:01:18.163 -- 00:01:23.630 Innovation is continuing to drive category growth acros...