Archive of all Unilever articles – Page 44
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Unilever baking bag breaks new ground
Unilever is putting £4.1m into a "revolutionary" new Colman's baking bag product that it claims is the first innovation in condiments in five years. Colman's Season & Shake is an all-in-one baking bag and seasoning sachet (rsp: £1.49)...
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NewsUnilever must sell Sanex to get Sara Lee clearance
Unilever has been given the green light to complete its acquisition of Sara Lee’s European personal care business - but it will have to sell off the Sanex shower gel brand.
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NewsUnilever breaks ‘psychological’ £4 mark for tubs
Ice cream manufacturers have hailed a price hike on Ben & Jerry's for smashing the £3.99 "price ceiling" on premium tubs. The average base price of a 500g tub of Ben & Jerry's ice cream has risen from £3.99 to £4.18 over the past...
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NewsUnilever adds to haircare with swoop for Tresemmé maker
Unilever has swooped to acquire the US-based maker of Tresemmé and Alberto VO5 shampoos in a deal worth $3.7bn (£2.34bn).
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NewsArla follows Unilever in pushing umbrella brand
Arla Foods UK has embarked on a major new communications and rebranding drive to increase consumer awareness of the brand behind household brands such as Anchor, Lurpak and Cravendale.
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Probe ‘not a threat’ to Unilever-Sara Lee deal
The City has dismissed suggestions the European Commission's extended probe into Unilever's proposed purchase of Sara Lee's European personal care business could thwart the deal.In May, the EC said initial investigation of the £1bn...
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Unilever dips into Danish ice cream with Diplom-Is deal
Unilever has added to its ice cream portfolio after snapping up the Danish arm of manufacturer Diplom-Is.
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Unilever sells Italian frozen arm to Birds Eye
Unilever is selling its Italian frozen foods business, Findus Italy, to Birds Eye Iglo for £688m.
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NewsVisions of the future: Unilever's Customer Insight & Innovation Centre
Unilever is using cutting-edge virtual reality technology to find out what makes shoppers tick. Nick Hughes tours the company’s Customer Insight and Innovation Centre
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NewsMagnum Gold gives Unilever first-quarter boost
Upmarket new ice creams and shower products for older men helped first-quarter volume growth at Unilever – although European sales by value remained almost flat.
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NewsUnilever fury as BNP hijacks Marmite for web ‘spoof’
Unilever is threatening the British National Party with legal action over the appearance of Marmite in an online political broadcast.
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NewsQ&A with Unilever's Dave Lewis: "I don’t mind if some of the things I try don’t work"
Dave Lewis, Unilever UK chairman and guest editor of The Grocer, on how the fmcg giant has been transformed. Alex Beckett reports
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NewsLove it or hate it: Unilever’s 2009 results divide opinion
Value sales are down, but volume is up. Improved margins, but less-than-stellar results in Western Europe. What does it all mean, asks James Ball
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Unilever ponders billion-pound ad spend shake-up
Unilever is reviewing its media and advertising spending and could take a £281m marketing contract away from advertising giant WPP, according to the Daily Mail.
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NewsUnilever introducing new range of Dove shower products
Unilever is introducing a new range of Dove shower products which it predicts will achieve £5m in first year sales.
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Unilever gets new CFO
Unilever has announced the appointment of Jean-Marc Heut as its new chief financial officer. Huet is currently CFO at pharmaceutical company, Bristol-Myers Squibb.
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NewsUnilever cuts ties with ‘illegal’ palm oil supplier
Unilever has cut ties with Indonesia’s largest palm oil company, Sinar Mas, after it was shown evidence that it was illegally destroying rainforests.
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Unilever axes Persil washing up liquid as it cuts SKUs 40%
Unilever has ditched Persil washing up liquid as part of its strategy to cut 40% of its SKUs by the end of the year. Customer services director Simon Bailey said it was on schedule with the rationalisation programme first revealed by The...
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NewsPolman predicts volume growth as Unilever unveils Q3 sales hike
Unilever chief executive Paul Polman said the fmcg giant is “on track to restoring volume growth” after announcing a rise in third-quarter like-for-like sales of 3.4%.
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Unilever boss confident that company is fit
The chief executive of Unilever has spelt out the radical steps he has taken to survive the recession, including freezing pay, introducing 30-day action plans "to create a sense of urgency" and replacing 40 of his top 100 managers.