Unilever

Unilever considering selling British brands Marmite, Bovril

Unilever (is considering selling historic British brands including Marmite, Colman's and Bovril, three people with knowledge of the matter said, as the consumer goods giant exits some food businesses to…

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Unilever and Danone win back shoppers as price hikes slow

Consumer goods groups Unilever and Danone beat third-quarter sales estimates this week as they slowed price hikes and invested in innovations to win back shoppers who had turned to cheaper…

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Unilever says prices hikes will continue into this year

Unilever sees higher prices in 2023, moderating in second half First-half net material inflation seen at 1.5 bln euros By Richa Naidu LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Unilever Plc said…

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Unilever leads pack on price rises as consumer goods industry squeezed

By Richa Naidu LONDON, (Reuters) - Unilever ULVR.L has raised prices faster than its biggest rivals P&G and Nestle since the middle of 2021, in a replay of its strategy…

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Unilever switches some ingredients to adapt to commodities shortages

LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - As commodities - from crude oil to sunflower oil - remain in short supply, Britain's Unilever has changed the ingredient makeup for some of its products like deodorants and…

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GSK says it rejected 50 bln-pound Unilever bid for consumer assets

LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline said it had rejected a 50-billion-pound ($68.4 billion) bid by Unilever for its consumer healthcare assets which GSK said "fundamentally undervalued" the…

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Unilever says global consumption will remain depressed in first half of year

Consumer goods maker Unilever Plc expects global consumption patterns to be suppressed in the first half of this year, even as business returns to normal in East Asia and markets…

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Unilever’s third-quarter sales leap back to growth

Unilever reported a stronger-than-expected return to sales growth in the third quarter on Thursday led by emerging markets where it generates the bulk of its revenue. Underlying sales rose 4.4…

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Unilever to drop fossil fuels from cleaning products by 2030

Unilever Plc said on Wednesday it would invest 1 billion euros to eliminate fossil fuels from its cleaning products by 2030, cutting the carbon emissions created by the chemicals used…

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Surge in eating at home cushions virus hit for Unilever

Second-quarter sales at Unilever fell much less than expected as a pick up in eating at home during coronavirus lockdowns boosted demand for products such as Hellmann's mayonnaise and Breyers…

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Major US companies pull advertising from Facebook over inaction by social media giant to stop hate speech

A handful of U.S. companies have pulled advertising from Facebook Inc in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate…

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Unilever to end Anglo-Dutch era with British holding company

Unilever proposed collapsing its Anglo-Dutch legal structure into a single holding company based in Britain on Thursday, nearly two years after shareholders sank an earlier plan to move its headquarters…

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Unilever won’t work with social media ‘influencers’ who buy ‘followers’ in an effort to curb artificial bots which create fake audiences

CNBC: Consumer-goods company Unilever will not work with social media stars, or "influencers," who buy followers on platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, it announced Monday. Chief Marketing Officer Keith…

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WHO plans to recommend higher taxes on sugary drinks to fight obesity ‘torpedoed’ by US administration

The PBS in the US said that the Trump administration has torpedoed a plan to recommend higher taxes on sugary drinks, forcing a World Health Organization panel to back off the U.N. agency’s…

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