Hindustan Lever said on Monday it has received government's approval to change its name to Hindustan Unilever Ltd following which, its new corporate identity represented by a new logo will come into effect.
Hindustan Unilever Ltd's (HUL's) second quarter 2025-26 (Q2FY26) consolidated revenue rose 2 per cent to Rs 16,250 crore, with low or flat volume growth. Demand remained stable but goods and services tax (GST) transition and prolonged monsoon hurt offtake.
Shareholders took the FMCG major to task on issues ranging from the mercury pollution in the pristine environs of Kodaikanal in Tamilnadu to changing the name to Hindustan Unilever Limited.
Analysts on average were expecting a profit of Rs 1,043 crore or Rs 10.43 billion, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Unilever's shadow on HUL has been lengthening for some time. One indication recently was the change of name from Hindustan Lever, the identity that had been established in the country for half a century.
Modern trade retail accounts for 5-6 per cent of the overall sales revenues of FMCG companies. It has been reported in the past that FMCG players like Godrej Consumer Products and Dabur had taken a tough stance against defaulting modern trade retailers and had stopped supplying to them or supplying only in return for cash payment, a deviation from the practice of supplying against credit.
Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) reported a 3.17 per cent year-on-year decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 2,680 crore for the June quarter, even as revenue from product sales surged by 10.26 per cent to Rs 17,149 crore, marking its highest growth in 13 quarters.
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In its recent annual report for 2011-12, the country's largest fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company, the market value of which is about Rs 1,00,000 crore (Rs 1,000 billion), stated these segments were "key capabilities in order to win in the future".
India's leading FMCG companies, including Hindustan Unilever and Dabur, reduced their permanent workforce in FY26, even as most firms in the sector, such as Tata Consumer Products and Marico, increased median employee remuneration, reflecting a mixed trend in staffing and compensation strategies.
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HUL and Genpact aim to enable these businesses to eventually get absorbed into the supply chains of large consumer companies, including that of HUL. In 2021, the maker of Sunsilk shampoos committed to spending Rs 2,000 crore annually with diverse businesses by 2025, Ansu Archana, procurement director, beauty & wellbeing, HUL, told Business Standard. Archana added that the program aligns with Unilever's wide-ranging set of commitments and actions to help build a more equitable and inclusive society.
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FMCG major Hindustan Unilever Ltd on Monday reported a net profit of Rs 408.06 crore (Rs 4.08 billion) for the quarter ended September 30, while the same was Rs 520.74 crore (Rs 5.21 billion) in the corresponding period last fiscal. The company's total income stood at Rs 3470.49 crore (Rs 34.70 billion) for the quarter under review, while it was at Rs 3162.82 crore (Rs 31.63 billion) in the same quarter previous year.
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Hindustan Unilever (HUL) hiked prices across its portfolio of products by 3-13 per cent in multiple tranches in February, with the sharpest increase of 13 per cent seen in the 100 gm Lux soap pack, the price of which increased to Rs 35 from Rs 31 earlier. The price of the 125 gms soap pack of Lifebuoy was hiked from Rs 31 to Rs 33, a rise of 6.5 per cent. In January, the company had hiked the price of the same stock-keeping unit from Rs 29 to Rs 31.
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