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Global consumer company Unilever is to convert its entire toothpaste portfolio to using recyclable tubes by 2025. The company’s oral-care brands include Signal, Pepsodent, and Closeup. After four years of development, the recyclable toothpaste tubes will be…
Unilever announced a 3 billion euro ($3.6 billion) share buyback and said it was confident of hitting sales targets this year after demanding from home cooks and China helped it to beat first-quarter sales expectations. Shares in the maker of Dove soap and…
Unilever has joined hands with Telenor Pakistan to enable digital and financial inclusion in Pakistan through mainstream access to digitalized retail services, digital financial solutions, digital products and skill enhancement across Pakistan. Through this…
A one-year-old baby with an incredible mane of hair has been signed by Pantene as one of the faces of the brand in Japan. Instagram starlett Baby Chanco has stunned social media users over the last six months as her mother uploads images of her incredible,…
Indian online marketplace Shop101 is seeking to raise $11-12 million in a Series B funding round. Talks concerning the investment are being led by Kalaari Capital and Unilever Ventures, with participation expected by current backer Stellaris Venture Partners,…
The state auditing agency says Unilever Vietnam should pay over $25 million in back taxes for the 2009- 2013 period. Speaking at a National Assembly session on the draft bill on Tax Administration, State Auditor General Ho Duc Phoc pointed to the…
Indonesia has decided not to make any changes to export levies on palm oil, Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Darmin Nasution said on Thursday. “Even though we have had discussions on the issue, we prefer not to change the policy on this area. There is…
UNILEVER Thailand said it aims to boost people’s livelihoods while pursuing growth in the Thai market and reducing environmental impacts under a strategy it hails as 2022 Growing Together. Robert Candelino, head of Unilever Thailand, said that outlook for the…
Consumer goods giant Unilever said on Friday (16/02) it had laid bare its entire palm oil supply chain, including all the suppliers and mills it sources from, to boost transparency in a rare industry move. Unilever said it was the first consumer goods company…
In December 2017, L’Oréal Singapore partnered with Bolloré Logistics Singapore to donate and deliver nearly 12,000 skincare and haircare products to National Cancer Center Singapore (NCCS) and Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME). L’Oréal…
Big brands have been put on notice about their inaction over the world’s growing 5,000,000-tonne problem of plastic aluminium laminate waste. Following revelations about the scale of the problem in the UK and internationally, the CEO of the company behind the…
Under social-media fire in Indonesia over its Golden Gaytime ice-cream brand, Unilever has issued a statement to say the brand is not even sold in the country. Protesters say the name and design promote LGBT rights, a big issue in Indonesia. The outrage…
KKR & Co-backed Emerald Media led a US$65mil funding round in aCommerce, a Bangkok-based startup that helps brands including Samsung, Unilever and L’Oreal sell their products online across South-East Asia. The four-year-old firm, which already operates in…
JD.com profit soared 50 per cent after a 39 per cent increase in sales during the Chinese online retailer’s latest quarter. Its unaudited results for the three months to the end of September show revenue of RMB83.7 billion (US$12.6 billion), with a record…
Publicly listed consumer goods giant PT Unilever Indonesia (UNVR) has secured a standby loan worth Rp 3 trillion (US$225 million) from Unilever Finance International AG to expand its business in the country. Unilever corporate secretary Sancoyo Antarikso said…
Consumer goods giant Unilever on Wednesday said it has opened a new facility in Indonesia as part of a pilot project for introducing a new technology for recycling sachets used to hold shampoos and other products. Single-use sachets are widely sold in…
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