Unilever

Unilever Plc engages in the manufacture and sale of consumer goods. It operates through the following segments: Beauty and Personal Care, Foods and Refreshment, and Home Care. The Beauty and Personal Care segment offers skin cleansing, hair care, skin care, and deodorants categories. The Foods and Refreshment segment sells ice cream, savory, dressings, and tea. The Home Care segment includes fabric category and a wide range of cleaning products. The company was founded by Antonius Johannes Jurgens, Samuel van den Bergh, and William Hulme Lever on January 1, 1930 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Unilever Plc engages in the manufacture and sale of consumer goods. It operates through the following segments: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream. The Beauty & Wellbeing segment offers hair care, skin care, and prestige beauty and health & wellbeing. The Personal Care segment consists of sales of skin cleansing, deodorant, and oral care products. The Home Care segment comprises of sales of fabric care and a wide range of cleaning products. The Nutrition segment refers to sales of scratch cooking aids, dressings, and tea products. The Ice Cream segment covers primarily ice cream products. The company was founded by Antonius Johannes Jurgens, Samuel van den Bergh, and William Hulme Lever on January 1, 1930 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Critics are calling for a boycott of Ben & Jerry's after the ice-cream brand's July 4th tweet but parent company Unilever looks insulated from a backlash.

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Ben & Jerry's parent company has lost roughly $2.5 billion in market cap amid calls to boycott the Vermont-based ice cream maker over a July 4 tweet condemning the US for existing on "stolen Indigenous land." Shares of Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch multinational firm, slid as much as 1% at Thursday's opening bell after closing down .5% the previous day.

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While Ben & Jerry's stirs controversy over its July 4 tweet calling on the US to return "stolen indigenous land," its corporate parent is facing criticism over its refusal to cut business ties with Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. The Vermont-based ice cream maker, a subsidiary of Unilever, caused a stir over the holiday weekend when it tweeted: "The United States was founded on stolen indigenous land.

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Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) said stopping operations in Russia was "not straightforward" after the maker of Cornetto, Magnum and Marmite was estimated to be contributing £579mln a year to the Russian economy. Earlier this year the FTSE 100-listed group said it has "ceased all imports and exports" of its products into and out of Russia, and "stopped all media and advertising spend" and "all capital flows into and out of the country".

Unilever says it will continue to operate in Russia

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Unilever's sales volume exceeded expectations, with higher volume across all divisions and regions. The company's latest conference call highlighted SKU rationalization and portfolio optimization. Unilever now anticipates higher sales growth and better underlying operating margin.

Unilever Is Now A Growth Story

Unilever will deliver 5% underlying sales growth in its second quarter update on 25 July, according to Jefferies though it admits it is below consensus with its estimates. One reason is that the US bank expects the price hikes that have generated most of the recent growth in revenues will tail off quickly as wholesale costs start to turn down.

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Unilever has been underperforming in the past few years, as the management team continues to disappoint in execution. The company's growth remains very underwhelming while the amount of debt and leverage continues to increase. The rapidly declining inflation should put pressure on pricing, which will likely further weigh on growth in the near term.

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Unilever plc (LON: ULVR) is in focus today after the consumer goods giant said it was buying Yasso Holdings – a U.S. based brand of frozen Greek yogurts. Details of the announced agreement The multinational refrained from divulging the financial details of the agreement on Thursday.

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Unilever is a low-risk investment with a high dividend yield of 3.71% but slow growth. The company is focusing on SKU rationalization to optimize costs and boost growth by investing in its top-performing brands. Unilever's fair value is estimated at $60.88 per share, making it slightly undervalued.

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Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) has appointed executive search firm Spencer Stuart to find a replacement for Chair Nils Andersen, Bloomberg reported, citing "people familiar with the situation". Bloomberg said the move would continue an overhaul of its leadership after a series of missteps in recent years frustrated shareholders.

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Conny Braams will step down after 33 years with the consumer-goods company known for attaching its products to social or environmental causes. Her departure comes amid big changes in Unilever's C-suite.

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Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR), Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LSE:RKT, ETR:3RB) and Haleon PLC (LSE:HLN, NYSE:HLN) all got their share price targets increased by broker Jefferies after a completed round of first quarter updates. Haleon, a year after being spun out from GSK, delivered the largest margin of beating the analyst consensus forecast, narrowly ahead of Reckitt but reservations remains and ‘hold' ratings were reiterated in an outgoing note on the sector after 16 years from analyst Martin Deboo.

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Newly formed stand-alone platform Suave Brands Company is led by CEO Daniel Alter, experienced consumer goods executive with Unilever BOSTON , May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Yellow Wood Partners LLC ("Yellow Wood"), a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies, has completed the previously announced acquisition of the beauty and personal care brand, Suave, in North America from Unilever (NYSE: UL). With the completion of the transaction, Yellow Wood Partners is creating the Suave Brands Company (SBC), a newly formed stand-alone business created to support the Suave brand under the leadership of newly appointed CEO Daniel Alter, a 20-year Unilever veteran with global strategy and operations expertise.

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