Personal care
Court orders J&J to pay record $4.69 bn in Baby Powder case
14 Jul 2018
A jury in the US on Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to pay a record $4.69 billion to 22 women who alleged that the company’s talc-based products, including its baby powder, contain asbestos and caused them to develop ovarian cancer
Nykaa raises Rs165 crore in Series D funding
15 May 2018
Unilever to move from London to Rotterdam
15 Mar 2018
After almost a century of being headquartered in London, Unilever PLC today said it will consolidate its dual headquarters in Rotterdam instead of London, ending its dual structure
P&G joins Unilever to cut digital ad spends, return to basics
03 Mar 2018
Procter & Gamble Co cut digital advertising spend by $200 million in 2017, transferring this amount to traditional media like TV and audio, as consumer goods firms become suspicious of ‘walled gardens’ like Google and YouTube
UK, Netherlands lobby for Unilever HQ
22 Feb 2018
Investors want Avon to sell itself
29 Jan 2018
Claire’s withdraws more than a dozen items from store shelves after asbestos found in kids make-up
28 Dec 2017
Patanjali doubles turnover to Rs10,561 crore, to double sales in FY18
05 May 2017
The Haridwar-based company, which doubled FY17 revenues from around Rs5,000 crore in fiscal 2015-16 to Rs10,561 crore in FY17, now hopes to cross Rs20,000-25,000 crore in sales this financial year
Marico acquires 45% stake in Beardo
18 Mar 2017
Kraft Heinz may sweeten $140-bn bid as Unilever rejects takeover bid
18 Feb 2017
Kraft Heinz suggested it could make another offer after Unilever said the initial offer of $50 a share "fundamentally undervalues" the company, despite being nearly 20 per cent higher than Thursday's closing price
Coty to buy majority stake in online cosmetics retailer Younique for $600 mn
11 Jan 2017
With operations in the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Germany, France, Spain, and Hong Kong and over 4 million consumers worldwide, Younique is expected to generate approximately $400 million in net revenues in 2016
HUL to enter Ayurveda turf to fight Ramdev’s Patanjali: report
29 Dec 2016
Consumer goods multinationals, including Hindustan Unilever, Garnier, Colgate-Palmolive and Loreal, are shifting wholesale to herbal or Ayurvedic products to counter Patanjali Ayurved
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