"Uncertainty creates a pensive and anxious consumer," said Colgate-Palmolive CEO Noel Wallace on the company's first quarter earnings call last week. "When you have uncertainty in terms of macroeconomics and everything surrounding that, consumers tend to hunker down and they're very cautious about the outlook."
Recent calculations by the Sunday Independent show that CEO Peter Jackson has seen his pay package soar, valued at over $14 million last year, following the relocation of Flutter's stock market listing to the US.