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'Strict lockdowns' in India, other key markets impact Unilever's biz growth

Unilever, which on Thursday announced results for the first half of 2020, reported a turnover of 25.7 billion euros for the January-June period

Disney cuts ad spending on FB amid growing boycott on hate speech: Report

Disney joins other companies like Starbucks Corp, Unilever Plc, Adidas AG and others that have pulled advertising from the tech giant

Responding to the consumer: When and how firms should react to criticism

Smart corporations don't just launch new products, they even tweak entrenched ones when need arises

'Purpose washing' in times of crisis

It is dangerous for brands to jump onto a new bandwagon every time there is a "purpose" on the horizon

Two senior Ola executives Arun Srinivas and Sanjiv Saddy step down

These exits follow that of Nitin Gupta, CEO of Ola Financial Services, who resigned in May.

Fair & Lovely: Can Hindustan Unilever go beyond a cosmetic change?

The Rs 2,000-crore brand, which enjoys a 40 per cent share of the fairness market, pegged at Rs 5,000 crore, will now have a new identity.

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

Covid-19 lockdown: Mondelez, other FMCG giants indicate dent in business

In an investor call, Dirk Van de Put, Mondelez's global chairman and CEO said the firm went "absolutely blank" in the first phase of the lockdown, which began on March 25

Top biz headlines: Stimulus package for industry, IBC breather and more

Here are the top 10 business headlines on Friday morning

Unilever likely put Lipton Tea on the block amid slowdown in demand

Unilever is following a consumer shift to coffee as a primary source of caffeine, with takeaway cafes proliferating from London to Beijing

Unilever cuts sales guidance as growth concerns in India market remain

"In the last month and a half, HUL's stock price has corrected from levels of about Rs 2,179 per share to Rs 1,964 now"

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

Unilever denies reports that it is looking to sell PG Tips and Lipton

"Contrary to reports, we are not exploring a sale of our tea business," a Unilever spokeswoman told Reuters

Unilever, Henkel and buyout funds eye bids for Coty's $7 bn beauty brands

Colgate-Palmolive Co is also looking to enter the bidding race for Coty's portfolio which focuses on professional hair and nail care products including Wella, Clairol, GHD and OPI

World's biggest companies accept growing inequality as defining challenge

The initiative, sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, is set to be unveiled by President Emmanuel Macron as he prepares to host the G7 summit this weekend in Biarritz

Unilever's UK investors gear up for tussle over dual headquarters

The maker of products such as Dove soap and Ben & Jerry's ice cream backed down in the face of a rebellion by UK investors in October, but said it was still considering ditching its Anglo-Dutch struct

Unilever CMO Keith Weed to retire from company in May after 35 years

The chief marketing officer has long advocated for better measurement of digital advertising

Replacement of Unilever's CEO not related to shareholder row: Chairman

Unilever said that Polman was retiring and would be succeeded in January by Alan Jope

Unilever names beauty head Alan Jope as CEO, to replace Paul Polman

At the helm of Unilever for 10 years, Polman generated big per cents for shareholders totalling 290 percent over the period

In a haste to go Dutch, Unilever misjudged concerns in Brexit-bound UK

In recent weeks, Unilever had gone to great lengths to aggressively market its vision of how a new single corporate entity headquartered in Netherlands would be good for the company and shareholders