Global. Reckitt Benckiser plans reshuffle its activities through their split into two units, RB Health and RB Hygiene Home, in order to revive its financial performance.

Reckitt Benckiser reshuffles activities to revive growth 18 October 2017 French Collection UK consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser has decided to reshuffle its activities through their split into two units, RB Health and RB Hygiene Home, in order to revive its financial performance. The reshuffling is projected to be effective in the first quarter of 2018. RB Health will comprise recently acquired US infant milk company Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) and different drugs such as Nurofen and Streplsils. It will be headed by the company’s CEO Rakesh Kapoor and will generate 60% of Reckitt Benckiser’s consolidated turnover. RB Hygiene Home will comprise the company’s household products such as Air Wick, Calgon and Harpic. It will be headed by Reckitt Benckiser’s head of American and European activities Rob de Groot and will generate 40% of the company’s turnover. Reckitt Benckiser’s financial performance deteriorated in the third quarter of the year due to the global cyber attack in June 2017 and a volatile market. Abstracted from an original article in Le Figaro (GB: Reckitt se réorganise pour retrouver la croissance).