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Unilever upgrades 2026 outlook after strong first half
The company recorded turnover of €25.6 billion, while underlying operating margin increased to 20.3 per cent. Underlying earnings per share rose 2.4 per cent as growth across its Power Brands and emerging markets offset currency headwinds.
Vaseline turns consumer hacks into campaigns
The Nipple Sponsorship, a campaign developed around the long-standing use of Vaseline Jelly to help prevent chafing during endurance events.
Cannes Lions: Unilever on marketing that spreads
Barreto argued that marketers should focus less on what brands want to communicate and more on creating ideas that consumers are willing to pass on through their own networks.
WPP integrates Meta AI into WPP Open
The collaboration comes as advertisers face increasing complexity across digital platforms.
Unilever expands digital twin programme with Accenture
A digital twin is a virtual replica of a physical asset or process that uses live data to simulate, predict and optimise performance.
Unilever accelerates beauty innovation with AI
The company’s research and development teams are applying AI, automation, and machine learning to analyse consumer insights, accelerate formulation processes, and develop new products across hair care, skin care, and wellbeing categories.
OMO highlights shared parenting in campaign
The work positions laundry as part of a shared domestic role while promoting OMO Ultimate Capsules.
Unilever moves to acquire Grüns in US expansion
Founded in 2023 by Chad Janis, Grüns operates in the greens supplement segment and has built a direct-to-consumer and retail presence in the US.
Unilever Foods to merge with McCormick in $44.8bn deal
Unilever PLC and McCormick & Company have agreed to merge Unilever’s Foods business with McCormick, creating a global flavour-focused company with a combined portfolio of iconic and high-growth brands.
Unilever’s Cif turns internet joke into debt relief initiative
The initiative builds on the Brazilian expression for bad credit, “dirty name,” connecting Cif’s iconic cleaning message to financial wellbeing.
Unilever Foods selects SAMY for global influencer strategy
The partnership supports Unilever’s shift toward a many-to-many brand-building model centered on social platforms, creators, and AI-driven insights.
Unilever signs five-year AI deal with Google Cloud
Unilever and Google Cloud have signed a five-year partnership to accelerate the consumer goods group’s business transformation through advanced AI, data and marketing technologies.
Unilever drives deodorant growth through science and AI
Unilever continues to strengthen its position as the global leader in deodorants, using advanced science, AI and consumer insight to drive growth across its Personal Care portfolio, which includes Rexona, Axe, Dove and Dove Men+Care.
Unilever sells Home Care business in Colombia and Ecuador
The transaction covers a portfolio of established local Home Care brands across both markets, including Fab, 3D, Aromatel and Deja. The businesses play a significant role in household cleaning and care in Colombia and Ecuador.
Sunsilk uses marketing to blend haircare and emotional wellness
The move is part of the brand’s largest transformation in its 70-year history, shifting from a functional everyday range to a lifestyle-focused line that delivers aspirational end looks.
Hellmann’s NBA partnership drives growth in Brazil
Over three years, the partnership has delivered an eight-fold increase in flavoured mayo squeeze-bottle volume sales, strengthened the brand’s leadership in the flavoured mayo category, and established a new high-sales season for the brand.
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