Hindustan Unilever
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Indian Retailer Bureau Nov 16 2021 - 2 min readHindustan Unilever (HUL) has lately appointed Ashu Suyash (54), as an independent director on its board. Suyash comes with over 33 years of experience in the financial services and global information services sector. Until recently, she was the CEO and MD at CRISIL and a member of the operating committee of S&P Global. She serves ...
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Franchise India Bureau Apr 01 2019 - 1 min readBlueair, the Unilever-owned indoor air purification technology company, is planning to expand in the Indian market by utilising the distribution and sales strength of Hindustan Unilever. Blueair was acquired by Unilever in 2016. The Stockholm-headquartered brand has identified India as one of its top five priority markets with 14 of the world’s 15 most polluted cities in the ...
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Franchise India Bureau Dec 04 2018 - 1 min readUnilever has signed a deal to buy GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) health food drinks (HFD) portfolio in India, Bangladesh and 20 other predominantly Asian markets. This acquisition is in line with Unilever's stated strategy of increasing its presence in the health food categories and in high-growth emerging markets. The health food drinks portfolio of GSK had delivered ...
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Franchise India Bureau May 28 2018 - 2 min readHindustan Unilever has litigated Kwality Ltd in the court for its overall rights over Kwality Walls, the brand used for HUL’s ice creams for over two decades. In a partial relief to the country’s largest consumer product company, the Calcutta High Court directed Kwality Ltd to not use the original writing ...
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Franchise India Bureau Mar 15 2018 - 2 min readHindustan Unilever (HUL) has offered another tranche of GST benefits amounting to Rs.36 crore for the month of January. The amount includes benefits accrued on stocks, which were lying with HUL’s distributors during the time of transition on November 15, 2017. With this the total combined (HUL plus distributors) GST benefits offered by ...