Page 7 - Unilever

Unilever, Henkel and buyout funds eye bids for Coty's $7 bn beauty brands

Colgate-Palmolive Co is also looking to enter the bidding race for Coty's portfolio which focuses on professional hair and nail care products including Wella, Clairol, GHD and OPI

World's biggest companies accept growing inequality as defining challenge

The initiative, sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, is set to be unveiled by President Emmanuel Macron as he prepares to host the G7 summit this weekend in Biarritz

Unilever's UK investors gear up for tussle over dual headquarters

The maker of products such as Dove soap and Ben & Jerry's ice cream backed down in the face of a rebellion by UK investors in October, but said it was still considering ditching its Anglo-Dutch struct

Unilever CMO Keith Weed to retire from company in May after 35 years

The chief marketing officer has long advocated for better measurement of digital advertising

Replacement of Unilever's CEO not related to shareholder row: Chairman

Unilever said that Polman was retiring and would be succeeded in January by Alan Jope

Unilever names beauty head Alan Jope as CEO, to replace Paul Polman

At the helm of Unilever for 10 years, Polman generated big per cents for shareholders totalling 290 percent over the period

In a haste to go Dutch, Unilever misjudged concerns in Brexit-bound UK

In recent weeks, Unilever had gone to great lengths to aggressively market its vision of how a new single corporate entity headquartered in Netherlands would be good for the company and shareholders

Unilever drops plan to move Dutch headquarter after British investors rebel

Unilever had decided to collapse its Anglo-Dutch structure following a review sparked by last year's failed $143 billion takeover approach by Kraft-Heinz

Top Unilever shareholder may vote against plan to move to the Netherlands

Lindsell Train, which owns a 2.38% stake, did not give a breakdown on how many of its clients were based in Britain

Will warning shots fired by Unilever, P&G break speed of digital growth?

Not really, but it could transform the medium, say experts

Unilever picks Rotterdam HQ over London in blow to UK before Brexit​

Unilever was forced to rethink its structure after it had to fight off one of the biggest takeovers ever proposed in 2017

Combat fake news or we will pull back ads: Unilever warns Youtube, Facebook

CMO Keith Weed says the company will only invest in platforms 'committed to creating a positive impact in society'

Brexit delays Unilever decision on UK or Dutch base

Unilever said in April it would consider doing away with its long-standing policy of maintaining separate corporations based in London and Rotterdam

Unilever sales disappoint as competition bites big brands

Unilever lifted its profitability target in July and there was some concern that lower spending on marketing was having a negative impact on sales

Unilever buys Korean makeup firm for $2.7 bn

To expands its beauty and personal care business

Unilever lifts full-year margin target after first-half improvement

Previous target at 80 basis points, they now expected operating margin to grow by 100 basis points

Unilever competes with Hormel to buy £2.2 bn Reckitt Benckiser food unit

Reckitt trimmed sales forecasts, becoming one of the first firms to put a cost on June cyber attack

Unilever grills tech giants on ads, says dollars up for grabs

Unilever announced a 30% reduction in spending on ad production earlier this year

Unilever numbers boost hopes for HUL

Unilever reports 2.9% sales growth in the first quarter of 2017

Unilever sales rise on higher prices

Growth was led by emerging markets, while pricing added 3% and the dip in volumes took off 0.1%