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Unilever Falls As Slow Start Casts Pall Over Consumer Sector

Unilever shares fell after saying it will get off to a slow start in 2017, casting gloom over the European consumer-staples industry as the sector’s...

Kellogg Cozies Up To Wal-Mart In Bid To Overcome Cereal Slump

Kellogg Co. is introducing its latest Frosted Flakes flavor with an exclusive run at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., hoping to stand out at a retailer that has roile...

Henkel Chasing U.S. Laundry Leader Procter After Sun Deal

Henkel AG said it’s focusing on catching up to competitors like Procter & Gamble Co. in the U.S laundry-products market after the $3.6 billio...

Superstar Reckitt's Stumble Has Cost It Some Sparkle: Gadfly

The curse of the superstar CEO shift has struck Reckitt Benckiser at last. So far, the consumer goods group has been that rare animal in British corpora...

Tobacco Firm Reynolds Taps Crew As CEO In Rare Woman-To-Woman Succession

Reynolds American Inc.’s Debra Crew, the head of its largest unit, will succeed Susan Cameron as chief executive officer next year, making Reynolds o...

Bridgethorne: FMCG Suppliers Need To Be Prepared For ‘Marmite’ Conversations With UK Retailers

UK-based shopper-management firm Bridgethorne has called on FMCG suppliers to be prepared for their own ‘Marmite-style’ conversations about pri...

Coca-Cola May Need Regulatory Nod To Buy Out AB Inbev In Africa

Coca-Cola Co.’s plan to buy out brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev NV from an African bottling joint venture originally agreed to with SABMiller Plc may hav...

P&G's New CEO Vows To Boost Product Quality After Dumping Brands

Procter & Gamble Co., which spent the past few years offloading poorly performing brands and businesses, is now focused on improving the quality of...