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.

Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) released its full and fourth quarter results yesterday, which on the surface seemed relatively positive.   The FTSE 100 company behind brands such as Ben and Jerry's and Hellmann's announced that sales grew by 6.5%, the strongest growth in nine years, with an 18% operating margin, a 10% increase on 2020.

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Unilever, the company that owns popular brands like Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Dove soap, and Axe deodorant spray, says customers can expect to see “substantial” price increases at stores. CEO Alan Jope said that record-high levels of inflation will trim profit margins in 2022.

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The board of Ben & Jerry's aims to work out a "new arrangement" for sales in Israel before the end of the year, Unilever PLC's CEO said on Thursday, after the U.S.-based independent ice cream brand last year committed to halting sales in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.

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Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) announced a new €3bn share buyback and said it does not intend to pursue any more acquisitions in the foreseeable future, following the failed bid for GlaxoSmithKline's consumer healthcare business last month. Chief executive Alan Jope said the decision came after a few weeks where he and the board “engaged extensively” with shareholders and “received a strong message that the evolution of our portfolio needs to be measured”.

Unilever unveils new share buyback and says no more acquisitions planned

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Criticised by a major investor for focusing on sustainability more than financial performance, Unilever CEO Alan Jope will be under pressure at the consumer goods group's quarterly results on Thursday to show the two can go hand in hand.

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Unilever stock is up almost 3% in the past week (5 trading days), outperforming the S&P 500 which was down 4% over this period. If you look at the change over the last ten days and one month, too, the stock has returned -4.9% and -3.6% respectively, a drop much less than that in the broader markets.

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Unilever is cutting 1,500 management jobs around the world as the consumer goods giant comes under intense pressure from shareholders to boost growth.

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Unilever unveiled plans on Tuesday to cut about 1,500 management jobs in an overhaul aimed at easing shareholders' concerns after a failed acquisition and news an activist investor had built a stake in the consumer goods giant.

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