Unilever India

Unilever's India unit falls as royalty fee rise overshadows profit beat

Shares of Hindustan Unilever (HUL) fell as much as 4.3% on Friday, as a deal to pay its UK parent higher royalty fees took the shine off a bigger-than-expected rise in quarterly profit

Two internal candidates in race for Hindustan Unilever CEO position

"This step is in the right direction in embracing progressive corporate governance practices," HUL said in its statement

Dove, other Unilever aerosol dry shampoos recalled over cancer risk

Unilever Plc recalled popular brands of aerosol dry shampoo, including Dove, after discovering they were contaminated with a chemical called benzene that can cause cancer

Easing raw material costs promising for Indian consumer companies

While reporting a 4.5% fall in second-quarter profit and higher expenses, Nestle India said on July 28 it could see softening of prices in such commodities as edible oil and packaging materials.

Top Headlines: 5G spectrum bids on Day 1, IMF cuts India's GDP forecast

The opening day of the biggest telecom auction in the country ended with top telecom firms buying spectrum worth more than Rs 1.45 trillion across frequency bands including 5G

Strong growth seen in sales in India during H1CY22, says Unilever CEO

"Of our three priority markets, the USA and India again grew strongly, while sales in China were affected by the lockdowns in the second quarter," said Unilever CEO Alan Jope.

India, China power Unilever to report fastest growth in 9 years in 2021

Priority markets of China, India, and the US grew at 14.3 per cent, 13.4 per cent, and 3.7 per cent respectively, said Unilever CEO Alan Jope

Nitin Paranjpe is Unilever chief people officer for business transformation

Consumer goods company plans a new organisation model that will reduce senior management roles by around 15%

Global brands in India face mutiny as they bypass traditional distributors

The trusted middlemen that brands have traditionally relied on to reach millions of small neighborhood stores in 8,000 towns and 660,000 villages are in revolt

Unilever to invest 1 billion euros in climate change fund over 10 years

The fund will invest in projects including reforestation, water preservation and carbon sequestration over the next ten years

Learning from Nestle, Unilever might be better off out of food business

Unilever must take some of the blame for its own predicament. Its rival Nestle SA has managed steady sales growth, while pulling off some canny acquisitions and disposals

India a bright spot in Unilever's book as sales growth slows globally

For the first half of the 2018, Unilever's numbers mirrored the trend seen in the second quarter, with sales growth coming in at 2.7 per cent