Consumer goods group AVI, whose brands include footwear retailer Spitz and seafood company I&J, says earnings fell in the year to end-June after the group wrote down the value of struggling shoe business Green Cross.

SA’s economic malaise is taking its toll on fast-moving consumer goods producers and major retailers, which have struggled to grow volumes or pass higher costs on to cash-strapped consumers...

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