Batchelors and other leading culinary brands from Unilever. That deal was largely unpicked five years later when the UK portfolio was sold on to Premier Foods, leaving Campbell's with no local presence

none of these is the brand's previous owner Unilever, who bought the Bertolli olive oil company in 1993 and expanded it into several other food segments over the next 15 years. By the mid-2000s, however,

The UK's Sunday Times newspaper reported that Unilever is "lining up" the sale of its margarine portfolio for up to £6bn. No firm evidence was offered for the story, but it follows a wide-ranging review

Adbrands Daily Update 7th Dec 2018: Unilever's marketing chief Keith Weed, also one of the industry's most high-profile cheerleaders, announced plans to step down in April next year after 35 years at

especially Dollar Shave Club (now owned by Unilever) and Harry's, and from a changing market where daily facial shaving is considered less important than it once was. The fashion for beards began well

Advertisers Unilever kicked open a hornet's nest with a three-second digital ad for Dove cleansers, perceived by some viewers as racist. The ad showed a black girl pulling a t-shirt over her head to

Unilever CEO Paul Polman will step down at the end of the year, to be succeeded by Alan Jope, a Unilever "lifer" who is currently head of its beauty and personal care business. Polman will stay on for

Slovakia and the Baltics from Unilever. The portfolio, trading as HomeBrands, includes Biolit insecticides, Diffusil repellents, Lynn household cleaners and Citresin air fresheners. Separately it acquired

Gamble or Unilever in overall size. Dial's performance flagged significantly during the 1990s before making a recovery in the mid-2000s, but even after acquisition by Henkel, the company has maintained

Unilever is to expand its male grooming portfolio, and also open a new battle front with P&G, with the purchase of Dollar Shaving Club for a reported $1bn. California-based DSC shook up the wetshave market