View: The fight for India’s 1.4 billion consumers is a fixed matchIndia’s embrace of capitalism may have brought the country a higher rate of economic growth than in its pre-1990s socialist past, but secto...
09 May, 2023, 10.31 PM IST
Skyrocketing Success! Sanjiv Mehta’s sown seeds make HUL grow like a Banyan TreeHUL’s annual turnover and profits have more than doubled since 2013 under Mehta’s stewardship
10 Mar, 2023, 07.33 PM IST
How a detergent could have helped RBI act swiftly on inflation“Almost 30% of our business comes from packs that operate at magic price points,” Ritesh Tiwari, the chief financial officer of Hindustan U...
17 May, 2022, 10.29 AM IST
Shrinkflation hits India’s snacks as firms struggle with costsCompanies including Unilever Plc’s India unit and domestic consumer goods firms Britannia Industries Ltd. and Dabur India Ltd. have moved t...
13 May, 2022, 04.55 PM IST
Godrej Consumer jumps most in Asia as it hires CEO from Unilever“Godrej has underperformed most of its peers in the past few years, which may change as the new leader brings in a new strategy that may en...
12 May, 2021, 05.19 PM IST
Covid’s puzzling decline in India sparks a shopping spreeThe steady decline of reported Covid infections in India has puzzled scientists, especially given that many countries are battling second, ...
15 Feb, 2021, 04.02 PM IST
Optimism on Hindustan Unilever’s outlook rises on earnings beatMarket pundits are betting that growth in the nutrition business and a recovery of rural demand in Asia’s third-biggest economy will boost ...
22 Jul, 2020, 01.30 PM IST
KKR, Cinven among top buyout firms weighing Unilever tea bidsThe Unilever division has separately attracted interest from Swiss investment firm Jacobs Holding AG, the owner of chocolate maker Barry Ca...
24 Jun, 2020, 10.35 AM IST
GSK, Horlicks to sell HUL shares worth Rs 26,000 crore todayJP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and HSBC are the book runners to the trade.
07 May, 2020, 02.05 PM IST
Won’t transfer key technology to HUL: GSK Consumer to CourtUnilever Plc’s India unit said on December 3 it would merge GSK Consumer with itself in an all-stock deal that will give it access to Horli...
28 Jan, 2019, 09.45 AM IST
How Unilever's departing CEO outbid Nestle in Horlicks racePaul Polman agreed to pay about $1 billion more than his closest rival Nestle for GSK's consumer business.
05 Dec, 2018, 06.38 AM IST
HUL’s earnings likely to rise 4% post GSK Consumer dealHUL has invested almost Rs 3,000 crore in the foods business over the last 10 years.
04 Dec, 2018, 08.04 AM IST
See limited upside in HUL: Jagannadham Thunuguntla, SMC CapitalsEven a small bit of margin squeeze or even a bit of disturbance in the volume growth probably can take the stock much lower.
26 Jul, 2013, 04.13 PM IST
Taxing time for some in HUL offerThis is because while all shares held for more than a year and sold through brokers on the exchange are exempt from capital gains tax, buyb...
26 Jun, 2013, 11.33 AM IST
Parent offer talk spurs GSK PharmaIt may be the season of open offers by MNCs. GlaxoSmithKline Consumer started it earlier this year, followed by Unilever and, the latest, M...
04 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
ET analysis: Will Unilever's offer to raise stake in HUL mark the start of the end of equity cultureUnilever's decision to raise its stake in HUL may be a reflection of its desperation to grab a higher share of the India growth story.
01 May, 2013, 07.38 AM IST
Ghari moves out Wheel to be No 1 in laundry marketGhari had more share during the latest two months than Wheel, a brand that contributes over Rs 2,500 cr, 12% of the Rs 20K-cr topline of Un...
11 Jan, 2012, 06.23 AM IST