| ICICI, HUL among world's best companies for leaders | 20-NOV-09 |
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| Indian private sector lender ICICI Bank and global consumer goods giant Unilever's India-based subsidiary Hindustan Unilever (HUL) have been named in a list of world's 10 best companies for leaders. |
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| Court restrains HUL from running Vaseline ad | 14-NOV-09 |
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| Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) has been restrained by a Kolkata civil court from running its current Vaseline advertisement in any medium or language till further orders. |
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| Court asks HUL not to use 'Boro' word in Vaseline ad | 13-NOV-09 |
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| In what could be termed as a victory for home grown FMCG player Emami, the Kolkata Civil Court has restrained Hindustan Unilever (HUL) from running a campaign using the word "Boro" in its advertisement for Vaseline. |
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| Paradigm shift in rural buying pattern: CII study | 13-NOV-09 |
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| The consumption trend in rural areas has shown a paradigm shift from price-driven to quality-driven products, points out a recent study on rural marketing by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). |
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| India Eco Summit: HUL to reduce carbon footprint by 25% | 10-NOV-09 |
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| "We are very committed towards environment sustainability. HUL and its parent company Unilever both have fixed a target of 25 per cent reduction in carbon footprint, taking 2004 as the base level by 2012," HUL CEO Nitin Paranjpe told reporters on the sidelines of India Economic Summit. |
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| One-time charges hit HUL net | 01-NOV-09 |
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| The net profit of India’s largest fast-moving consumer goods maker, Hindustan Unilever, fell in the second quarter (July to September) on a one-time charge related to a settlement with former workers. |
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| Bollywood fans in the US can now watch free films | 29-OCT-09 |
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| Nearly 7 million South Asians and 3 million non-resident Indians (NRIs) in the US will get to watch Bollywood films free of cost thanks to Reliance Big Entertainment’s video-on-demand website — BigFlix.com and Hulu.com — an online video service — coming together to start this service. |
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| Fifth Element launches a crystal ball for Bollywood | 27-OCT-09 |
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| If only Bollywood had a crystal ball that could predict the fortune of the over 150 movies released every year, it could have saved itself millions of rupees in losses. Only a handful of movies make money, while others sink without a trace. |
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| Emami, HUL launch price war | 23-OCT-09 |
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| Kolkata-based Emami is preparing to take on FMCG major HUL in the personal care segment by getting into the premium beauty soap category, with products priced almost half of its competitor. |
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| Dove flies high on new route | 15-OCT-09 |
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| The faces that represent Hindustan Unilever’s (HUL) biggest premium soap brand are not familiar. For, they represent 11 ordinary women who won Dove’s Real Women Face Test – a campaign that received over 4,500 entries. |
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| HUL soaps away the Co2 footprint | 23-SEP-09 |
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| India’s largest soap maker has implemented technology that resulted in significant carbon dioxide reduction in its manufacturing process. |
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| HUL kisses Liril Girls goodbye as it turns family way | 16-SEP-09 |
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| Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) major HUL, known for launching starlets popularly known as ‘Liril Girls’ through advertisements for its lemon soap, is now charting a different strategy to tap family audience, keeping in tune with changing times. |
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| U-turn ahead? | 17-AUG-09 |
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| The recent June 2009 quarter results of Hindustan Unilever (HUL) appear subdued, but point towards a revival in volume growth. While margins have improved, various measures undertaken in the last six months are showing results and have helped HUL arrest the decline or regain market shares in select categories. The numbers, however, are not very exciting in comparison to its peers. Going ahead, while HUL’s volume growth should pick up further enabling it clock healthy performance in 2009-10, below normal monsoons could play spoilsport for the FMCG industry. |
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