Puma SE reported that consolidated first quarter sales increased 6.1 percent to €820.9 million ($1.08 bn) despite a low-single-digit decline in the EMEA region. Currency-neutral sales rose 4.2 percent. Overall gross margin declined 120 basis points
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Here, Hicks
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