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Unilever's India Unit Beats Quarterly Profit Estimates

Hindustan Unilever Ltd, India's largest consumer goods maker, posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit aided by strong demand for its home...

Procter & Gamble Raises Full-Year Sales Forecast On Resilient Demand

Procter & Gamble raised its full-year sales forecast as consumer demand for cleaning and personal healthcare products remains resilient despite rising...

Brands, Retailers Need To Look 'Beyond The Headlines' On Inflation: IRI

Retailers and brand owners need to look beyond the current headlines on inflation and adopt a different mindset to tap into rapidly changing consumer behav...

Unilever Shares Gain After Activist Investor Peltz Builds Stake

Unilever's shares rose 5% on Monday following reports activist investor Nelson Peltz has built a stake in the consumer goods maker, as its strategy comes u...

Unilever Will Not Raise Bid For GSK Consumer Arm

Unilever PLC effectively abandoned its plans to buy GlaxoSmithKline's consumer healthcare business, saying that it would not raise its £50 billion (&...

P&G Sees Sales Up In Q1, Warns Of Higher Supply Chain Costs

Procter & Gamble beat quarterly sales estimates as the easing of pandemic-related restrictions boosted demand for its personal care products,...

Super Thursday – ESM Recaps One Of The Biggest Days For Trading Updates

For shareholders of retail and consumer goods businesses, this is one of the biggest days of the year, with a myriad of firms having issued quarterly, half...

Unilever Beats Forecasts To Post 5.7% Sales Growth In First Quarter

Unilever beat quarterly sales forecasts to record a 5.7% increase in underlying sales in Q1, boosted by a pick up in home cooking in coronavirus lockdowns...