Supermarket profit margins ‘not notably high’ despite rising prices, watchdog says
Retailers may be absorbing higher production costs rather than passing them fully onto consumers, CCPC report suggests
Unilever
Unilever’s ice cream sales rise ahead of €15bn spin-off
Consumer group presses ahead with demerger of division that includes Magnum and Ben & Jerry’s
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SlimFast’s rise and fall: Why Glanbia is moving to offload product
Glanbia's once-popular weight-loss product has fallen out of favour with consumers
Unilever ousts chief Schumacher and promotes finance head Fernandez
Consumer goods group announces abrupt overhaul of top management as it bids to revive its fortunes
The Irish town that’s saying no to plastic sachets
Last November, Clonakilty in west Cork set itself the goal of phasing out single-use plastic sachets before the start of this year’s tourist season
Trade isn’t all about Trump
World business and commerce are changing in ways that have nothing to do with the US president’s tariff threats
The EU’s new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive: ‘There was a huge knowledge gap in the corporate world’
Brian Cahill has teamed up with Caroline Usher at the CSRD Institute to fill that gap
European stocks flat as investors weigh signs of stalling business activity
Unilever leads household goods companies higher, while Kerry Group advances in Dublin
Musk’s toxic politics alienating customers and advertisers
Trump cheerleading, inflammatory comments on British race riots and suing advertisers are all damaging to image of Tesla founder and X owner
Markets hit a wall amid fears of US economic slowdown
Financials and tech stocks worst hit as indices show a sea of red
Unilever to slash a third of office jobs in Europe
Shareholders including activist Nelson Peltz are pressuring consumer giant to boost growth
Chips are yesterday’s news – here come the superchips
Planet Business: Unilever’s ice-cream masterplan, the Telegraph’s rejected suitor and the belated US asbestos ban
Unilever to cut 7,500 jobs worldwide and spin off Ben & Jerry’s unit
Cost-cutting measures to save about €800m in the next three years, company says
As more companies go quiet about greenness, many people are still distracted from the real issue
Social media content creators are hesitant about producing sustainability material due to the backlash risk
European shares edge lower despite strong earnings from Unilever and Kering
Smurfit Kappa advances in Dublin, while Disney gains on Wall Street
Unilever sales rise amid first volumes growth in two years
Company raised prices at a slower rate than in previous quarters
Deconstructed jobs: what happens if the petrified hierarchical nature of companies is removed?
Experts in an emerging labour trend warn that, though it has benefits, there are also dangers to a less rigid, more skills-based approach
Unilever faces ‘greenwashing’ probe by UK watchdog
Household chemical giant may have been overstating environmental qualities of certain products, regulator says
‘It’s as important as salary at the moment’: How WFH Fridays have killed the five-day office week
Irish companies are getting staff back to offices midweek but letting people work from home on Fridays
Surge in Unilever’s deodorant sales after workers return to office
Worldwide, underlying group sales are up 5.2%, led by price rises, as the number of items sold falls
European stocks struggle after ECB decides to press pause
Dublin’s Iseq index shed close 0.8% on Thursday
Irish firms keen to stand out amid ‘greenwashing noise’ should secure B Corp status, says environmental consultant
21 Irish companies have globally-recognised B Corp certification
Emer McLysaght: With Choc Ices in the grave, I feel a little piece of us has died too
What will they take next? Loop the Loops? Cornettos, for the love of God?
Unilever says UK inflation has peaked as sales growth accelerates
Maker of Marmite and Magnums latest to signal easing of inflationary pressures
Unilever chief says group is not ‘profiteering’ from inflation
Maker of Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream and Dove soap ‘very conscious that the consumer is hurting’
Shrinkflation: ‘I don’t know how it hasn’t caused French-style rioting’
Shrinkflation comes on top of price increases faced by consumers which have seen the cost of groceries climb by over 15 per cent in the last 12 months, according to figures from retail analysts Kantar
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