Archive of all Unilever articles – Page 38
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News
ICBINB cut to a round pound at Asda stores
Unilever has produced special 400g packs of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter for Asda in a bid to help the retailer meet its EDLP strategy.
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Comment & Opinion
Girls smell too in Lynx's brave new world
Lynx users live in a world where every woman is a model-in-waiting desperate to tear off her clothes. That may be a side-effect of using aerosols in a confined space.
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NewsUnilever and unions to talk through ACAS
Unilever will sit down for talks via the conciliation service ACAS in a bid to avert further strike action following the decision to shut its final-salary pension scheme.
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NewsLynx enters haircare with 11 new products
Unilever is taking its £165m Lynx brand into the UK haircare category with a range of shampoos and styling products.
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NewsUnilever signs major chocolate supply deal
Unilever has signed a major new supply deal with chocolate giant Barry Callebaut.
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Unilever unveils cool new blend as Flora focuses on sandwiches
Unilever is reformulating and revamping its Flora portfolio ahead of a new focus on sandwiches.
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Analysis & FeaturesStrikes at Unilever herald a new age of union discontent
Profits and pay at fmcg giants, against a backdrop of coalition austerity cuts, mean workers are in no mood to conciliate.
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Analysis & FeaturesBring back a brand
Why do some retro comebacks work, while other revivals bomb? Which are most ripe for resurrection?
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NewsUnilever to buy stake in Russia's Concern Kalina
Unilever is to buy an 82% stake in £500m Russian beauty business Concern Kalina. The company is the biggest player in Russia’s personal care market.
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NewsTesco's 12% reduction in Price Drop
Unilever and Procter & Gamble head a long list of brand owners targeted in Tesco’s Big Price Drop.
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News
Unilever stops UK waste with Veolia tie-up
Unilever announced this week that it will no longer send any of its UK waste to landfill six years ahead of the company's global deadline to send zero waste to landfill.Under a new recycling deal with waste contractor Veolia, 97% of the...
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Analysis & FeaturesSalkeld shows Symington’s the way with M&A and NPD
Symington’s has just expanded again – this time into wet sauces. What has the company done to bring about its impressive growth since 2007, asks Hannah Stodell
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NewsUnilever site to suggest swaps to smarter foods
Unilever is testing a new shopping comparison website that analyses people’s favourite foods and suggests healthier alternatives. Smartswaps.co.uk works by assessing consumers’ online shopping histories and applying an algorithm to…
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Comment & Opinion
Symington's new golden oldies
So that’s who feels like Chicken Tonight. There had to be someone.
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NewsSymington’s takes Chicken Tonight and Ragu off Unilever's hands
Unilever has finally offloaded Chicken Tonight and Ragu – almost a year after putting the unfashionable sauce brands up for sale. Symington’s acquires the UK rights for an undisclosed sum. Unilever retains the brands in all other markets.
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News
Unilever must sell Alberto Culver soaps
Unilever’s deal to acquire hair and personal care giant Alberto Culver got the green light today after it agreed to divest the bar soaps business of the company to Lornamead.
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NewsCritical Eye... on Unilever's murky past
It's astonishing how even the biggest companies can make such elementary mistakes. And the blunders featured in Business Nightmares with Evan Davis (8pm, BBC2, 9 May) may have been golden oldies, but they still resonate down the years.
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NewsUnilever and P&G fined €315m over EU detergent cartel
Two giants of fmcg manufacturing have been fined hundreds of millions of euros for anti-competitive activities across a host of European countries. Unilever and Procter & Gamble were fined a combined €315.2m (£280.85m) for their part in a three-year cartel that fixed the price of washing powder in eight European Union nations.
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Profiles
It’s Amanda’s world: an interview with Unilever's Amanda Sourry
A relative unknown when she landed the top job at Unilever last year, Amanda Sourry has been quietly putting her stamp on the business since taking on the role, finds Liz Hamson
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NewsUnilever swaps Sanex for Colgate’s laundry business
Unilever has agreed to sell the global Sanex business to Colgate-Palmolive and acquire the company's laundry detergent brands.