Hindustan Unilever

At a time when Indian toothpaste industry is growing at about 15 per cent annually and many big corporate houses are planning to foray into the segment, coutry's prominent leader in the segment Hindustan Unilever witnesses a slowdown in...

Sale of fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) remains unaffected by the current slowdown and is rather anticipated to register a growth of 25% and touch USD 25 billion by end of calendar 2008 as against USD 20 billion in...

As part of company’s plan to cash in Rs 100 billion from its private labels by 2012, Kishore Biyani-led Future Group, which retails products including FMCG, apparels, jewellery and books & music across India through various retail chains under...

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) will manage the entire back-end chain of its distributors and has tied up with a third-party logistics service provider for the same.The initiative will help distributors in managing stocks and supply chain. HUL has already begun...

Hindustan Unilever (HUL), one of India’s largest FMCG marketers, in its annual general meeting has appointed D Sundaram as the new vice chairman of the company. Sundaram was previously working as HUL’s director (finance and IT).Besides, Dhaval Buch, executive...

For the refurbishing of its 880,000-square-foot development centre in East Andheri, Mumbai, Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has joined hands with Jones Lang Lasalle Meghraj (JLLM) to render the project environmentally friendly in design and execution.The HUL development centre’s new...

Hindustan Unilever Ltd, India’s biggest household-products maker, shut its factory at Doom Dooma in Tinsukia district, Assam, after a series of labour strikes.A lock-out at the factory was declared on Sunday after a “series of illegal strikes launched by...

Mumbai-based fruit-and-vegetables export company Temptation Foods (TFL) has acquired the marine foods business of FMCG major Hindustan Unilever (HUL) for an undisclosed sum. The business, which includes manufacturing facilities, is said to be worth approximately Rs 250 crore.The deal...

Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL), India’s largest FMCG Company, is said to be building alliances and giving consultancy services to kirana stores to convert them into modern outlets called Super Value Stores (SVS). The company will keep the rights of...