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's performance has been underwhelming compared to its peers in the consumer staples sector; however, this could change in the future. The company still has a high-quality product portfolio with sufficient growth prospects in emerging markets. Management is working on a turnaround and is shifting towards higher-margin segments and streamlining its portfolio, with a spin-off of its ice cream division planned.

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Unilever is breaking up with ice cream. But it's not only the international conglomerate that is cooling on the sweet treat — it turns out that Americans have been slowly drifting away from ice cream over the past few decades.

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The ice-cream brand is set to be part of a new, stand-alone business after years of tension with its parent company.

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Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR)'s decision to divest itself of its ice cream business - which makes freezer staples such as Ben & Jerry's and Wall's - is being viewed favourably by analysts as they digest the news. The food and household goods conglomerate, which is looking to complete the demerger by the end of next year, unveiled the plans as part of a streamlining process that will see it do 'fewer things better'.

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Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) is considering disposing of the majority stake in Chinese water purification company Qinyuan Group it bought in 2014, according to a Bloomberg report. Sources said the sale could value Qinyuan at around $300 million (£236 million), though Unilever has not disclosed the size of its stake Qinyan was Unilever's largest Chinese acquisition at the time, doubling the British FMCG conglomerate's exposure to the water purification market.

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Unilever is exiting the ice cream business and doubling down on cost cuts. Investors should watch the upcoming earnings report for more details on its 2024 growth prospects.

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Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) has left the door open to a Dutch listing of its ice cream division after announcing the separation of the business on Tuesday. “Where eventually the listing will take place as well as its head office, that's something that we're going to have to determine in the next 18 months,” Bloomberg quoted Unilever's chief executive Hein Schumacher as saying.

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Its ice cream business was struggling and enjoys less overlap with the rest of the consumer giant.

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The move, which would also shed around 7,500 jobs, is part of a restructuring sought by CEO Hein Schumacher.

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In a move to streamline operations and focus on core strengths, Unilever has announced plans to separate its ice cream unit, which is home to iconic brands including Ben & Jerry's and Magnum.

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Unilever PLC's (LSE:ULVR) plan to scoop out its Ben & Jerry's, Walls and Magnum ice cream division as a separately listed company is a "clear positive step" towards making the company grow faster, said analysts at Barclays, and could bring questions about other parts of the conglomerate. The fourth-largest group in the FTSE 100 said on Tuesday morning that it plans to dispose of the ice cream business, most likely as a standalone company but with other options on the table too.

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Shares of Unilever Plc (UL) rose nearly 3% in pre-market trading Tuesday after the consumer products giant announced plans to separate Ben & Jerry's and its other ice cream brands such as Magnum into a stand-alone business, as part of a restructuring that could affect around 7,500 jobs.

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Unilever is set to cut 7,500 jobs globally as part of an ambitious three-year cost-saving initiative. The group will divide its ice cream business, including Wall's, Ben & Jerry's, and Magnum brands.

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Unilever (NYSE: UL ) will undergo layoffs and cut about 7,500 jobs. It plans on spinning off its ice cream business in the process.

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Unilever announced Tuesday that its cutting jobs worldwide and plans to spin off one of its business units and slims down operations to drive productivity.

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Uniliever, the conglomerate that bought Ben & Jerry's in 2000, said Tuesday that it plans to move its ice-cream brands into a stand-alone division.

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Unilever shares rose 4% on Tuesday after the company announced plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide and spin off its ice cream business that includes brands like Ben & Jerry's and Magnum, part of a three-year strategy to streamline the British company in the hope it will accelerate growth and boost returns for shareholders.

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Unilever to cut 7,500 jobs globally and splitt off ice-cream division

Consumer goods giant Unilever said Tuesday that it is separating its ice cream unit, which includes Ben & Jerry's and Magnum, as part of a restructuring plan that will impact 7,500 jobs.

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Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) has announced a major operational overhaul through the separation of its multibillion-dollar ice cream portfolio and the termination of 7,500 firm-wide staff members. “Ice cream has a very different operating model, and as a result the board has decided that the separation of ice cream best serves the future growth of both ice cream and Unilever,” the British multinational FMCG group said in a statement.

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Unilever on Tuesday said it may spin off the ice cream-unit that produces Ben & Jerry's as the multinational consumer goods company said it expects to slash 7,500 jobs globally.

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Unilever said on Tuesday it would spin off its ice cream unit, home to popular brands such as Magnum and Ben & Jerry's, and cut 7,500 jobs in a new cost-savings programme.

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Shares in Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) fell 1.8% after Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) downgraded stock in the maker of Marmite and Dove soap, citing a slew of headwinds. Adjusting the price target from 4,100p to 3,775p, the American investment bank moved its recommendation to 'underweight' from 'equal-weight'.

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