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  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    LexPersonal & Household Goods
    Unilever/palm oil: export ban latest blow as inflation looms large Premium content

    The difficulty for UK consumer goods group is in sustaining an impressive first quarter

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Unilever raises prices by 8% and warns inflation will accelerate

    Consumer goods group suffers hit to sales volumes but maintains profitability outlook

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Brooke Masters
    Why ‘shrinkflation’ means you are paying the same for less 

    Companies are cutting corners on product size or limiting services to preserve margins as their costs rise

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
    Personal & Household Goods
    Unilever chief executive’s pay jumps 42 per cent

    Price increases to cover cost of inflation help drive bonuses higher

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    McDonald’s leads fresh exodus of western consumer brands from Russia

    Coke, Pepsi, Starbucks, Yum Brands and Unilever pull back after invasion of Ukraine

  • Monday, 7 March, 2022
    Unilever to set new healthy food targets after investor pressure

    World’s largest ice-cream maker pledges to assess performance against six measures

  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
    Unilever faces lawsuit over Ben & Jerry’s Israel move

    Israeli licence-holder claims its contract was terminated after it refused to end sales in occupied Palestinian territories

  • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
    The Big Read
    How Unilever’s tea business became a test of private equity’s conscience

    CVC’s €4.5bn deal to buy brands such as PG Tips means it will also be responsible for plantations in Africa

  • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
    Lex
    Unilever: new levers of growth fall short of a compelling pivot Premium content

    Investors can expect the Anglo-Dutch consumer group to continue trying their patience

  • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
    Unilever says inflation will hit profitability despite price rises

    Consumer goods group rules out major acquisitions after abortive bid for GlaxoSmithKline unit

  • Sunday, 6 February, 2022
    Unilever investors want split or new chair amid rumbling discontent

    Top shareholders not mollified after company’s surprise £50bn pursuit of GSK businesses

  • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
    Brooke Masters
    When an activist investor attack is no bad thing

    Outside critiques are already forcing change at Unilever and Peloton

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    Lex
    Unilever: ice cream split is the cherry on top of lacklustre management reshuffle Premium content

    Simplification helps cost allocation but disregards business realities

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    Unilever to cut 1,500 jobs in management shake-up

    Restructuring follows news that Nelson Peltz’s Trian Partners has built a stake

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Unilever wanted a mega-deal. It got Nelson Peltz instead Premium content

    Plus, Asia’s richest man sets his sights on small businesses and private equity firms borrow billions to sidestep the public-listing trend

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
    Unilever plans to cut thousands of management jobs in growth drive

    Consumer goods group’s shares rise after Nelson Peltz stake revealed

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    Discontent at Unilever

    Google is facing a fresh complaint from Germany’s largest publishers and advertisers

  • Sunday, 23 January, 2022
    Investor activism
    Activist hedge fund Trian builds stake in Unilever

    Arrival of Nelson Peltz’s group comes as UK consumer giant under pressure from investors after failed £50bn bid

  • Friday, 21 January, 2022
    Unilever bid fiasco ramps up pressure to deliver plan B

    Consumer goods group faces biggest crisis in years as it seeks to correct faltering strategy

  • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
    Lex
    Unilever: three steps to beauty — cleanse, tone, moisturise Premium content

    Margin reset treatments are painful — this is a stock for the very patient

  • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
    Terry Smith launches new attack on Unilever management

    Top shareholder urges executives to improve business rather than chase big acquisitions

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    Unilever rules out increasing £50bn bid for GSK unit after backlash

    Top-10 investor Flossbach ‘would strongly oppose’ a deal for consumer business

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
    Personal & Household Goods
    Unilever’s pursuit of GSK business could trigger credit downgrade, warns Fitch

    Rating agency says group risks losing A status that it is determined to retain

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
    Lex
    Unilever/GSK: slicing the salami should attract buyers Premium content

    Consumer goods group has gems it could sell piecemeal

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
    Due Diligence
    The New York PR maven entangled in Leon Black’s legal battle Premium content

    Plus, Unilever places the bid no one asked for and British pensioners unwittingly fund a controversial spyware group

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