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LON:ULVR
Unilever is a global supplier of consumer goods, the company`s brands include Knorr, Lipton, Hellmann’s, Magnum, Omo, Dove, Lux and Axe/Lynx.
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Analysts said a recession will cause a downturn in consumer discretionary spending, and as such companies making staples and home and personal care products such as Unilever will be part of market segments with “defensive consumption” that
The City welcomed the portfolio review, with a potential sale potentially adding 10 to 15 percentage points to organic growth according to Jefferies
Net profit for the year to 31 December tanked 38% to €6bn, mostly due to the sale of the spreads business in 2018, the company said
Upgrading based on weak share price means Jefferies doesn't 'hate' the Marmite owner, but analysts don't quite 'love' it either.
The bank’s analysts noted that 2019 will go down “as a year of divergence" for the European food & household & personal care companies
Experts say companies have a lot to gain from integration of environmental, social and governance factors as the new year will see tightened regulations
“While it’s a shame growth won’t be stellar for a while, this is just a bump in the road and not an outright stalling of the engine”
The shortfall was blamed on a slowdown in South Asia, “difficult” trading conditions in West Africa and ongoing softness in developed markets
A new focus on shedding the chaff and scaling the “brands of tomorrow” should help Unilever become a “mid-single-digit top-line growth company” in time
New chairman Nils Andersen was previously chief executive at logistics and transport firm Maersk and at brewer Carlsberg
Underlying sales growth in the three months to end-September of 2.9%, was down from 3.5% in the second quarter and 3.1% in the first
The recent performance of the consumer staples sector relative to the market is showing a “rare dislocation” from global bond yields, analysts at Berenberg say
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At the close, the UK blue chip index was 33.63 points, or 0.5% lower at 7,213.45, nearer the day’s low of 7,194.21 than the high of 7,251.80
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A salvo of quarterly updates are due from BHP, Rio Tinto, Hays, WH Smith and Unilever
The consumer goods colossus increased organic sales 3.5% in the second quarter, up from 3.1% in the three months of the year but short of the consensus forecast of 3.7%
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There were mixed messages in Mario Draghi's update on Thursday
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With a slew of corporate earnings and the European Central Bank's policy decision, Thursday will be a busy day of news
Andy Roberts will join the firm after eight years as head of global trading at MindShare, a subsidiary of FTSE 100 media giant WPP
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The UK blue-chip index finished down nearly 34 at 7,351, while its mid-cap cousin FTSE 250 lost over 127 points
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On the corporate front there will be another big batch of blue-chip updates to digest, notably from oil major Shell and banking giant Lloyds
