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) is showing early signs of improvement ahead of a turnaround plan aimed at boosting marketing investment in its top brands, according to Deutsche Bank. After a first-quarter earnings beat on Thursday, analysts from the bank took an optimistic view on the consumer goods giant.

Unilever showing early signs of change for the better - analysts

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unilever has officially announced its partnership with CONMEBOL Copa América USA 2024™, with four Personal Care brands named as Official Sponsors. Axe, Degree, Dove, and Dove Men+Care will be integrated throughout the tournament, which will span 14 cities in the United States from June 20 to July 14. The partnership aligns with our Personal Care portfolio and ambition to drive confidence and inclusivity in sports. The 48th edition of CONMEBOL Copa Améric.

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Unilever enjoyed sales volume growth in the most recent quarter. The company is focusing on growth and profits with a new initiative from management.

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Analysts said Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) results showed encouraging signs in most areas, as the shares rose to a seven-month high.  In short, first-quarter numbers beat market expectations but 2024 outlook was left unchanged, for underlying sales growth of 3-5% and a modest improvement in underlying operating margin.

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Unilever said it continued to expect sales to grow 3% to 5% this year, with a modest improvement in operating margin, as volumes and price dynamics normalize.

Unilever Backs Guidance as Sales Beat Forecasts

First-quarter results from Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) beat market expectations but the Domestos and Magnum maker kept its full-year guidance unchanged. Turnover in the first three months of the year landed at €15 billion, up 1.4% on a year ago and above the €14.7 billion average forecast by City analysts.

Unilever first-quarter sales beat forecasts but outlook unchanged

Unilever's first-quarter sales grew by a better than expected 4.4%, it said on Thursday, as one of the world's biggest consumer goods companies won back shoppers who had traded down to cheaper products.

Unilever beats quarterly sales growth forecasts

Multinational consumer goods company Unilever (NYSE: UL) released its latest financial results before markets opened today, on April 25th. The company experienced underlying sales growth of 4.4%, with All five Business Groups reporting underlying sales growth, led by Beauty & Wellbeing (up 3.1%) and Ice Cream (up 2.7%).

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Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) is one of the 'most compelling' turnaround stories in the European consumer staples sector, according to Barclays, which provided the upbeat assessment of prospects ahead of the Cornetto and Persil maker's quarterlies on Thursday (April 25). According to the investment banking arm of the high street lender, the Anglo-Dutch giant set for a 3% organic sales growth (OSG), mirroring the performance of Procter & Gamble (P&G).

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Unilever to scale back environmental and social pledges

Unilever's new boss said he plans to dilute several of the group's previous ESG goals, including the amount of plastic the food and household products giant uses. In an interview with Bloomberg, Hein Schumacher said some targets would be relaxed to “ drive performance”.

Unilever boss rows back on ESG commitments to boost performance

Most of Unilever's sales come from emerging markets, providing a long growth runway. The planned separation of its ice cream unit creates a simplified, higher-margin business.

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On March 19,2024, Unilever PLC (NYSE ADR: UL; $49.35; Market Capitalization: $123.5 billion) board announced that it is planning to separate Ice-cream business through spin-off, a move that will accelerate its Growth Action Plan (GAP). Post separation, Unilever (stub) will focus on its four business units namely: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care and Nutrition. On the other hand, the NewCo will operate as a standalone entity creating a world-leading Ice-cream business.

Unilever PLC To Spin-Off Ice Cream Business

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Unilever recently launched its productivity program, which includes splitting off its ice cream division. This division, although a sizeable part of the company, has been relatively underperforming over the years and is more capital-intensive. It seems that Unilever's restructuring plans are switching into higher gears, and the ice cream exit could be the first step of many improvements.

Unilever: Upcoming Ice Cream Exit Could Be A Huge Step In The Right Direction

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unilever today announced that a major project to significantly reduce carbon emissions at its Ice Cream Business Group's four U.S. factories has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy for award negotiations of up to $20.9 million of support. The proposed project would cut 14,000 metric tons of carbon emissions per year, a major step in moving toward carbon neutrality for the factories that produce Ben & Jerry's, Talenti, Magnum, Breyers and o.

Unilever Advances Major Decarbonization Project at Four U.S. Factories

London may miss out on the float of Unilever PLC's (LSE:ULVR) €17 billion (£14.5bn) ice cream scoop-out, with Amsterdam seeming to be front-runner for the initial public offer destination.  The Anglo-Dutch giant said last week that it plans to spin off its ice cream unit, including Ben & Jerry's, Magnum and Walls.

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