Companies Beauty products push Unilever sales jumpA prolonged period of high inflation has stretched consumer budgets and pushed shoppers to cheaper supermarket brands
ESG ESG poster child Unilever waters down green pledges as investors urge refocus on growthIn an interview, the consumer group’s new CEO Hein Schumacher said he needs to drive performance at the company
Companies Unilever to slash 7,500 jobs worldwide Consumer goods giant employed 93 staff at its Irish subsidiary in 2022
Stock Take Supermarkets reap rewards of consumer shift to own-brand productsGiants such as Unilever suffer as cash-strapped shoppers find brand loyalty now costs too much
Companies British competition regulator launches green washing investigation into Unilever The Competition and Markets Authority said the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant may be overstatign the environmental qualities of certain products
Agriculture Consumer giants say global food crisis likely by end of the yearChief executives warn that with price rises and serious shortages, over a billion people are ‘highly vulnerable’ to food security issues as a result of the war in Ukraine
Vincent Boland: Chronically underperforming Unilever long past its salad daysThe venerable British consumer goods giant is now in the crosshairs of a disaffected fund manager who accuses the company of having lost the plot