epa04198313 A handout pohoto provided by the World Economic Forum shows Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer of Unilever, United Kingdom, speaking at a plenary session titled 'Beyond 2015' during the World Economic Forum on Africa in Abuja, Nigeria, 09 May 2014. The World Economic Forum on Africa from 08 to 09 May is being held for the first time in the Nigerian capital Abuja. EPA/BENEDIKT VON LOEBELL/WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
FRANKFURT: Unilever will need to cut more jobs in Europe if real income levels among consumers fall, weighing on demand for brandname items, according to chief executive Paul Polman (pic).
“If markets such as those in Europe don’t grow any more because people have less real income available, we still must find a way to make our product lines available,” Polman was quoted as saying in the summary of an interview to appear in today’s edition of Germany’s Wirtschafts-Woche magazine.
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