Consumer goods giant Unilever could end the year on a high after the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service granted it permission to acquire Russia’s biggest cosmetics manufacturer, boosting the company’s presence in emerging markets.
Unilever has collaborated with the University of Liverpool to develop renewable ingredients for use in its personal care products as part of its sustainability efforts.
Thanks to strong growth in personal care, driven by acquisitions and the emerging markets, Unilever has continued its strong growth in the third quarter of the year.
Having already tailored its business increasingly around personal care, Unilever CEO Paul Polman says the company is hoping to eventually derive most of its sales from emerging markets.
Anglo-Dutch consumer giant Unilever is looking to accelerate its growth in the Americas yet reduce its environmental impact, by opening a deodorant factory in Mexico.
Unilever has revealed strong sales growth in its preliminary Q1 results, as both the personal care category and emerging markets make significant contributions.
Anglo-Dutch company Unilever will be collaborating on a two year project with molecular technology company BioLeap to help design new consumer goods products.
Global consumer products company Unilever has revealed its new sustainability strategy which aims to halve the company’s environmental impact, but double the size of the business by 2020.
The Body Shop says it has terminated a contract with a Colombian palm oil supplier over claims that it pushed for the eviction of peasants to increase its plantation.
The personal care division of the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever experienced the strongest growth of all divisions for the second quarter, seeing sales surpass all other business segments.
Fully segregated sustainable palm oil will be supplied to Unilever by Netherlands-headquartered IOI Group, as the consumer goods giant works towards its target of 100 per cent sustainable palm oil by 2015.
L’Oreal has been acknowledged for its efforts on sustainable development several times in the past year and its recently published annual report stresses how this area will continue to be a core focus for the business.
With recent industry financial results indicating that the worst of the economic crisis might be over, the first quarter of 2010 has in turn been marked by a flurry of M&A activity.
Hindustan Unilever, the manufacturer of Pears Traditional Soap, has clarified reports in the national press that it is abandoning the new product formulation introduced last year following a facebook campaign by users to reinstate the traditional recipe.
UK/Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever is to close its personal care manufacturing facility in Industry, California as part of ongoing restructuring measures.
Major personal care manufacturer, Unilever, has launched an assault on the men’s grooming market in Italy by releasing a range of products that have been formulated especially for men.
Unilever’s Chief Executive Officer Paul Polman has re-stated the importance of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) as a crucial measure in reducing deforestation.
Unilever has announced that it is selling its edible oils business
and palm oil plantation interests in the Ivory Coast, and will
instead invest in a soap business in the country.
Unilever has pledged to use only palm oil certified as sustainable
by 2015, while also supporting calls for a moratorium on further
deforestation for palm oil in Indonesia.
Unilever says it has stepped up its marketing campaign for the Dove
brand with the launch of a digital channel aimed at bringing a new
approach to 'The Campaign for Real Beauty' online.
Twenty thousand Unilever employees will lose their jobs as the
workforce is cut by 11 per cent and underperforming businesses are
disposed of in a bid to streamline company operations through
restructuring.
Particularly strong personal care sales in key European markets
help Anglo-Dutch consumer giant Unilever to end 2006 on a higher
note, but results are still below expectations as the general
market in Europe remains tough.
Cosmetic manufacturers hoping to capitalise on consumer desire for
darker skin in the run up to the summer season are launching
self-tan lines that incorporate fruit and flower extracts - tapping
into the booming trend for natural...
As part of moves to cut costs and increase its competitiveness
global personal care player Unilever has announced an agreement
which will see its human resource operations outsourced.
Unilever has opened a $23 million research and development center
aimed at consolidating its capabilities for skin care alongside
those for laundry products, reports Simon Pitman.
Despite announcing rising profits yesterday, both Unilever and
Proctor & Gamble saw their stock prices slip, reflecting
growing concerns over excessive competition in the FMCG sector.
Simon Pitman reports.
Fierce competition in the consumer goods sector has driven Unilver,
maker of some of the world's leading cosmetics and toiletry brands,
to cut back its earnings outlook for 2004 with a view to changing
it five-year sales targets.
The Hungarian market for cosmetic and toiletry products is set to
grow by a further 33 per cent, predicts Euromonitor. Accession into
the European Union this week and increased capacity for consumer
spending will boost the country's...
Unilever has announced the completion of the sale of its Brut brand
of male personal care products in the Americas to Helen of Troy
Limited of El Paso, Texas, for $55 million (€47.07m) in cash.
Unilever has announced the signing of an agreement to sell its oral
care brands in the United States and Canada to owners of the Arm
& Hammer trademark Church & Dwight of Princeton, New
Jersey.
Unilever's €1.9bn global brand Dove will take on the dispensing
technology of Airspray for a new line of foaming cleaners. As
Unilever aims to capture the number one position in the daily face
care category in North America,...