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.

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Yellow Wood continues its success executing corporate carveout transactions and transitioning brands from multinational consumer companies BOSTON , Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Yellow Wood Partners LLC ("Yellow Wood"), a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Unilever (NYSE: UL) to acquire its beauty and personal care brand, Suave, in North America. The transaction is anticipated to be completed in the second quarter of 2023.

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ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unilever has today announced the sale of its Suave brand in North America to Yellow Wood Partners LLC. The Suave beauty and personal care brand includes hair care, skin care, skin cleansing and deodorant products. Esi Eggleston Bracey, President of Unilever USA and CEO of Unilever Personal Care North America, said, “This is another step on our path to shift our portfolio towards strategic growth spaces.

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Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL ) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call February 9, 2023 3:00 AM ET Company Participants Richard Williams - Head of Investor Relations Alan Jope - Chief Executive Officer Graeme Pitkethly - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants John Ennis - Goldman Sachs David Hayes - Societe Generale Tom Sykes - Deutsche Bank Martin Deboo - Jefferies Warren Ackerman - Barclays Pinar Ergun - Morgan Stanley Celine Pannuti - JPMorgan Operator Hello and welcome to Unilever's Q4 and Full-Year 2022 Results. [Operator Instructions].

Unilever PLC (UL) Q4 2022 Earnings Call Transcript

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Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) reported strong growth in full-year sales but falling margins meant underlying operating profits only improved slightly. Underlying sales growth accelerated to 9.0%  driven by all business groups, with price growth of 11.3% and volumes declining 2.1%, the owner of Marmite and Persil said.

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