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The full force of the global recession was not felt in 2008, but global growth did slow to 5%--down from 6% in 2007. In many countries, media coverage of the [...]

ASK A DOZEN RETAILERS OR SUPPLIERS ABOUT THEIR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS and you'll likely get a dozen different answers. To some, it means reducing energy consumption. For others, it is offering [...]

HANNAFORD BROS. CAUSED QUITE A STIR IN THE GROCERY INDUSTRY WHEN IT LAUNCHED ITS IN-STORE NUTRITIONAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM, GUIDING STARS, ACROSS ITS 158 SUPERMARKETS IN SEPTEMBER. MONTHS LATER, THE MURMUR [...]

In 2000, U.S. credit-card giant MasterCard began the global rollout of its virtual payment card, for online, mail or telephone purchases, with Unibanco, Brazil's third-largest private bank. Virtual Card is [...]

The New Year has started with a for the food retail and food manufacturing sectors. The big manufacturers are flexing their muscles and mounting a defensive battle against the continuing [...]

Surprise, surprise. Marketing to today's busy consumers has forced liquid drug companies to make their over-the-counter (OTC) products and packages portable and more convenient to use--to get them out of [...]

Top-down systems integration is automation's Holy Grail, and manufacturing companies continue to invest heavily in the integration effort. Executing these projects can be daunting, whether the firm is a single-site [...]

Even though the price of every other commodity continues to rise, tea prices continue to fall as they have over the last 25 years. Market comparison of tea and coffee [...]

Philips and Akzo Nobel are representative of the lean, focused and flexible companies that have emerged after half a decade of substantial corporate restructuring in the Netherlands. Both have recently [...]

Pricing pressures, caused mainly by steep rises in costs of energy, transportation, and raw materials, continue to plague the soaps and detergents industry, prompting raw material suppliers to work more [...]

The author examines the long standing successes of the creative team at Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide Inc. Topics include long-running, successful commercials for Unilever Group and Timex Corp., awards for commercials and campaigns, and personal background of the two women.

Burst Bubbles. Although it remains the market leader in haircare, Procter & Gamble has been put on the defensive after revelations about its intelligence-gathering operations and a recent stepping-up of [...]

Byline: just-food.com Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's has announced a commitment to go fully Fairtrade across its global portfolio by 2013. The company, launched in the 1970s by Ben [...]

With social media now well established in consumers' everyday lives, how should brands be participating, and what will be the most successful tools of 2010? The past 12 months have [...]

Byline: Michelle Russell Anglo-Dutch consumer giant Unilever said today (4 February) it still has “a long way to go” in Western Europe as annual sales volumes in the region again [...]

Byline: Michelle Russell A year on under the leadership of Paul Polman and Anglo-Dutch consumer giant Unilever has a lot to be happy about. The ex-CFO of Nestlé has had [...]

* Links to margarine maker questioned By Alistair Driver A HEART surgeon who created a publicity storm by calling for butter to be banned to save thousands of lives has [...]

Unilever Pakistan Limited, formerly known as Lever Brothers Pakistan Limited is a subsidiary of Unilever PLC, UK. ULEVER was incorporated in Pakistan in 1948 as Lever Brothers Pakistan Limited and [...]

Byline: just-food.com US food giant Sara Lee is to reduce the salt content in a number of its food categories by around 20% over the next five years. Key categories [...]

Consumer goods company Unilever's annual China sales have reached 1 billion euros ($1.46 billion) and annual growth is expected to be at least 15 percent, fuelled by rising affluence in [...]

Unilever, a consumer goods company, said that it is combining its Chicago-based antiperspirants, deodorant and hair care group with its skin care business, to create a Personal Care (PC) business [...]

Byline: just-food.com Carte D'Or is to launch a range of frozen desserts that move the brand into a new category. The three SKUs, available from September, are Madagascan Vanilla & [...]

Byline: just-food.com Food giant Unilever is to 'phase out' its use of the Smart Choices Program, the food labelling scheme under fire in the US. The Smart Choices labels have [...]

Unilever, the consumer goods giant, on Friday agreed to pay 1.275 billion euros ($1.8 billion) for the personal care business of Sara Lee, bringing it brands such as Sanex and [...]

Unilever Pakistan Limited, formerly Lever Brothers Pakistan Limited (LBPL) is a subsidiary of Unilever PLC, UK. ULEVER was incorporated in Pakistan in 1948 as Lever Brothers Pakistan Limited and merged [...]

Beam Global Spirits & Wine, owner of the Jim Beam and Courvoisier Cognac brands, has appointed former Unilever marketer Kevin B George as senior vice-president and global chief marketing officer. [...]

Jim Fulcher, Contributing Editor The potential ramifications of errors in a company's forecast are clear: A company may face declining customer satisfaction, loss of revenue, and, sometimes as a consequence, [...]

Byline: ANALYSES & COMMENTS BY BR RESEARCH The country's largest FMCG firm, Unilever Pakistan announced its half year 2009 results on Friday showing an earnings slide of 4 percent, mainly [...]

Byline: just-food.com Food giant Unilever has joined forces with US restaurant chain PF Chang's China Bistro, to develop a line of frozen Asian entrees for the US market. The licensing [...]

Byline: just-food.com Food giant Unilever is to remove hydrogenated oils across its entire soft spreads portfolio in the US. The group said on Monday (27 July) that it plans to [...]

Byline: just-food.com Knorr-to-Lipton maker Unilever said its move to gain full control of its Vietnam subsidiary is part of a strategy to boost its presence in emerging markets. The Anglo-Dutch [...]

Online publishing start-up Sideways News launches this week with an identity and branding created by Mark Lawson Bell and a website delivered by 9web. The news digest site, which the [...]

Byline: just-food.com Soy foods business Alpro has been sold to US dairy giant Dean Foods, it was announced today (15 June). Dean Foods, the largest dairy processor in the US [...]

Tata Tea Ltd (TTL) is planning to acquire global brands in Russia, South America, Asia Pacific and Africa to achieve leadership position in the global beverages segment. TTL with revenue [...]

Byline: just-food.com The topic of swine flu has certainly captured many media headlines this week as the pork industry waits to assess the full impact. Also under strain, Fonterra decided [...]

Byline: Rachael Singh Qualifications still top of the class Rachael Singh As many as one-fifth of FTSE 100 companies do not have an accountancy qualified finance director, a study by [...]

CORPORATE IT UPDATE-(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Information technology company IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced on Wednesday (22 April) that the company has been awarded a new services contract by consumer goods company […]

Byline: just-food.com Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever has unveiled a scheme to reduce the salt content of over 22,000 products across its global food portfolio. aWe already had the Nutritional [...]

Byline: just-food.com Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever has remained tight-lipped over reports that it has signed a protocol of intent to buy 100% of Baltimor Holding, the parent of Russian [...]

Hanoi, April 10, 2009 (VNA) - Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan received the newly-appointed CEO of the world leading consumer goods giant Unilever, Paul Polman, in Hanoi on April [...]

Unilever Pakistan Limited (ULEVER), formerly known as Lever Brothers Pakistan Limited (LBPL) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Unilever Overseas Holdings Limited, UK, whereas its ultimate parent company is the consumer [...]

LONDON: Unilever selected several firms to make up a new global PR roster - including GolinHarris and Fleishman-Hillard - following a review that began last May. Ogilvy PR is also [...]

Byline: just-food.com Consumer goods giant Unilever is introducing I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! cooking and baking sticks to the US market. The company claimed that the sticks 'taste and [...]

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unilever Plc has said that the recession is likely to help companies such as Unilever as consumers defer their plans of buying cars and [...]