The company saw its earnings per share surge last year thanks to rising demand as a result of cutting excess capacity, according to its annual report.
The company said Nestle employees in Switzerland rose from around 6,700 in 2003 to over 10,100 in 2017.
The company said it would pay a great deal of attention to the working conditions of scientists, an important factor in improving the company's core competitiveness.
The company noted that a record number of Prime items were shipped on Amazon’s peak shopping day. That was part of an overall spike in shipments that overwhelmed UPS and FedEx, causing delays in some Christmas packages.
The company's Changqing oil and gas field, the largest oil and gas production base of China that has been providing energy for more than 400 million residents in Beijing, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia, produced 134.93 million cubic meters of natural gas daily during the Spring Festival period, while its Daqing oilfield has produced more than 2.6 million metric tons of crude and 483 million cubic meters of natural gas in January this year.
The company’s future plans include products for Google Android and Apple iOS mobile platforms.
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The company will maintain and continue to sell its iconic international brands including Perrier, S. Pellegrino and Acqua Panna to Chinese consumers.
The company said it will build deeper digital customer relationships, including measures to unlock many new features, such as personalization, mobile ordering and pay and delivery service.
The company will also beef up its investments in industrial internet bases, innovation centers and industrial parks, fully leverage resources from top-tier experts and laboratories, and collaborate with top universities at home and abroad to establish research platforms while strengthening industrial research and talent cultivation.
The company said it doesn't expect to report first-quarter results until July 1 due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, Macy's expects to have "sufficient liquidity" to resume operations when the lockdown ends.