Final quarter sees top-line rise 9% to US$9.47bnSales growth slows, but 2021 finishes up 16% at $38.66bnNorth America rises 14% in full-year, Latin America +19% The Coca-Cola Co has beaten its expected sales performance for 2021, with the top line coming in 16% up on the year prior. In year-to-date results, announced in October, the soft drinks giant forecast a lift in the region of 13% to 14%. Today's full-year beat, however, came despite a final quarter rise of only 9%. The disappointing - relatively speaking - showing in the three months to the end of December was countered by news that the period marked "the first quarter in which 'away-from-home' volume was ahead of 2019", Coca-Cola noted. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r