CEO: Triple Headwind Cannot Blow Philips Off Strategic Course
Customers are looking beyond sleep recall issue
Executive Summary
Frans van Houten has promised a summer update on Royal Philips’ medium-term outlook after the company was hit from all sides in late 2021. He expects the resulting headwinds to persist into early 2022.
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