L'Oreal shares sink as sales miss forecasts

While revenues rose seven percent in the fourth quarter in Europe -- still the company's biggest market -- they edged up just 0.7 percent in North America and fell five percent in North Asia, which includes China. Overall, sales were up 1.5 percent to 11.2 billion euros ($13.3 billion) in the final quarter of 2025 -- usually when the company benefits from strong holiday-fuelled buying. This was a marked slowdown from the 4.5-percent growth seen the previous year. On a like-for-like comparison...