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Unilever a anuntat ca ar putea vinde brandul de produse pentru ingrijirea pielii, Kate Somerville, pe care l-a achizitionat in 2015. Valoarea pe care Unilever ar putea sa o solicite pentru Kate Somerville nu este clara in acest moment, dar brandul este foarte cunoscut, in special in Hollywood, si face parte din portofoliul prestigios de produse de ingrijire personala al Unilever. Compania a angajat PricewaterhouseCoopers pentru a atrage interesul potentialilor cumparatori. De asemenea, sursele sugereaza ca Unilever planuieste sa vanda si brandul REN, o alta marca de ingrijire a pielii, achizitionata tot in anul 2015. (Sursa: news)
Actiunile Unilever au crescut cu aproape 8% dupa ce compania a imbunatatit previziunile de marja pentru intregul an si a anuntat ca desprinderea diviziei de inghetata va fi finalizata pana la sfarsitul lui 2025. Vanzarile au crescut in toate segmentele, in prima jumatate a anului, cu segmentul de frumusete si stare de bine in crestere cu 7.1%, in timp ce inghetata a avut o performanta dezamagitoare, cu o crestere de doar 0.6%. (Sursa: unilever pops 6percent on guidance raise says ben jerrys spinoff on track 2024)
Unilever a anuntat planuri de separare a diviziei sale de inghetata. Restructurarea, cu costuri estimate la 1.2% din cifra de afaceri a grupului, are ca scop simplificarea operatiunilor si economisirea a 800 mil. EUR, pana in 2025. Pretul actiunilor Unilever a crescut cu peste 5% dupa anunt. (Sursa: unilever announces plan to spin off its ice cream unit including ben jerrys 2024)
Unilever a lansat o rascumparare de actiuni in valoare de 1.5 mld. EUR. Directorul general, Hein Schumacher, a recunoscut necesitatea imbunatatirii performantelor, dupa ce compania nu si-a indeplinit asteptarile privind profitul pentru 2023. Profitul operational pe intregul an a crescut cu 2.6%, pana la 9.9 mld. EUR, cu o marja de 16.7%. Compania isi propune o imbunatatire modesta a marjei si o crestere a vanzarilor de 3-5% pentru anul in curs. (Sursa: unilever posts 47 rise quarterly sales volumes return 02 082024)
Unul dintre cei mai mari zece investitori ai Unilever, Lindsell Train, a salutat schimbarile recente din conducerea companiei si a discutat deja urmatorii pasi cu noul presedinte. Unilever considera ca este necesara o noua perspectiva asupra tuturor aspectelor afacerii, si, in consecinta,, au numit un nou director executiv, un nou director financiar si un nou presedinte. Noua strategie se va concentra pe 30 de marci cheie care reprezinta 70% din vanzari. (Sursa: unilever investor lindsell train says changes mark fresh approach 11 062023)
Pretul actiunilor Unilever a crescut cu aproximativ 5% la deschiderea de ieri dupa ce compania a publicat ultimele rezultate financiare. Majorarea preturilor pentru a compensa costurile mai mari a fost motivul principal pentru care Unilever a depasit estimarile analistilor. Compania britanica a raportat o crestere de 7.9% a vanzarilor in al doilea trimestru, depasind consensul analistilor de 6.4%. Producatorul sapunului Dove si al inghetatei Ben & Jerryâs continua sa se astepte ca vanzarile sa ramana intr-un trend ascendent, cu o rata de crestere de 5% pana la finalul anului. (Sursa: unilever quarterly sales beat estimates prices rise 07 252023)
Unilever ia in calcul vanzarea brandurilor americane de inghetata, Klondike si Breyers, pentru suma de 3 mld. USD. Aceasta decizie nu va viza alte branduri internationale, precum Magnum si Ben & Jerryâs. Unilever este cel mai mare producator de inghetata din lume. (Sursa: 12 082022)
Alan Jope is to retire as chief executive of Unilever at the end of 2023, after more than 35 years at one of the worldâs largest producers of branded goods. 
Jope, 59, has come under pressure from shareholders to improve Unileverâs performance, a frustration compounded after the group failed in its attempt to buy GSKâs consumer health division for £50bn. 
Unilever has also been affected by steep rises in the cost of commodities such as palm oil, forcing it to pass on higher prices to cash-strapped consumers.
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Unilever Plc (UK.ULVR) si-a majorat estimarile de vanzari pentru intregul an, dupa ce a depasit previziunile de vanzari de baza pentru prima jumatate a anului, deoarece a majorat preturile pentru a contracara costurile in crestere. 
Una dintre cele mai mari companii de consum din lume, producand totul, de la detergent de rufe la inghetata, costurile Unilever au crescut de la inceputul pandemiei de COVID-19.
Walmart Inc (US.WMT), cel mai mare retailer din lume, si-a redus previziunile de profit, deoarece cresterea preturilor la alimente si combustibil i-a determinat pe clienti sa reduca cheltuielile.
unilever posts 81 rise first half underlying sales 07 262022
In April, Unilever boss Alan Jope said the company had begun altering some of its recipes so it could use rapeseeed oil instead of sunflower oil, which had become scarce since the invasion 
  "Globally, there was a shortage of silicon so we were looking at our deodorant and making sure that we looked at the formulations there...to use less ingredients that are under pressure," Slater said in an interview. Unilever, which makes Rexona, Dove, Axe and Lynx deodorants, dealt with this issue last year, he said. In its home and beauty care businesses, the company has also been trying to reduce its products' reliance on petrochemicals and make them more sustainable. 
On Thursday, Unilever said it had tied up with San Diego-based Genomatica to build and commercialize alternatives to palm oil and fossil fuel-derived cleansing ingredients.
Unileverâs first-quarter underlying sales rose 7.3%, beating analystsâ average forecast of 4.4% in a company-supplied poll. The company raised prices by 8.3% but its sales volumes fell by 1%, dragged down by its home care business, which makes Comfort fabric softener and Cif disinfectants. Analysts had expected a 6.3% rise in prices and a 1.7% decline in volumes.
Unilever warned on Thursday it expected to raise prices further, increasing its forecast for cost inflation in the second half of the year to 2.7 billion euros ($2.8 billion) due to âthe outbreak of war in Ukraine and the related increase in raw material inflation.â The company hiked prices the most in Latin America - by 16.4% - and emerging markets, followed by North America, where prices increased by 8.5%. It now expects full-year underlying sales growth to be towards the top end of its 4.5-6.5% guidance range, but the full-year underlying operating margin towards the bottom end of its 16-17% range. 
âTheir (full-year) costs are going to quadruple versus a year ago. Thatâs why the pricing needs to be so high, and thatâs why the price is gonna go much higher,â Barclays analyst Warren Ackerman said. âThis is not the peak.â
unilever hikes prices as costs pressure builds 2022
Compania este tot mai preocupata de cresterea inflatiei si exclude achizitii corporative majore in urmatoarea perioada de timp.