Imperial Brands PLC Statement re US cigarette volume trends (5207A)
May 29 2019 - 10:36AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 5207A
Imperial Brands PLC
29 May 2019
Imperial Brands statement re US cigarette volume trends
Imperial Brands publishes the following industry volume data for
the US market.
MSAi 4 weeks 52 weeks
Industry FMC volumes to 18
May 2019 (YoY) -6.4% -4.9%
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ITG Brands has continued to gain share over recent months
leading to a 14 basis point gain in share over the past 26-week
period. We expect full year US industry volume declines will be
maintained around 4.5-5%.
Basis of presentation
Volume and market share data is based on MSAi. MSAi compiles
weekly data from over 300,000 stores, representing at least 95% of
US tobacco volumes. It does not rely on any extrapolation as a
result of its extensive coverage.
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Matt Sharff +44 (0)7964 328 093 Simon Evans +44 (0)7967 467 684
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