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InterviewLunch with the FT
Investor Nelson Peltz: ‘I’m not trying to fire Bob Iger, I want to help him’
...He has been at loggerheads with Unilever’s ice-cream brand Ben & Jerry’s over its stance on Israeli politics....
March 22, 2024
Global Economy
Zambia’s comparability conundrum
...But taking a step back, beyond jerry-rigged fixes for Zambia, the time is ripe for a rethink of how best to define comparability....
January 3, 2024
FT Live
Global Private Banking Awards 2024
Celebrating excellence in wealth management
Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
Personal & Household Goods
Consumer goods groups face retailers’ resistance over higher prices
...Most large consumer packaged goods groups, including P&G, are still operating on tighter margins than they were before the pandemic....
May 13, 2023
Nilanjana Roy
Wodehouse lightens the woes
...And the Mumbai-based novelist and poet Jerry Pinto pulls off a funny and wry coming-of-age novel, The Education of Yuri, about a boy yearning to be a writer in 1980s Bombay....
December 2, 2022
LexUnilever PLC
Unilever: slimming down ice-cream brands could improve slow performance Premium content
...An internal fight with Ben & Jerry’s over the sale of products in the occupied Palestinian territories rumbles on....
December 8, 2022
Moral Money
Climate gets personal as board members risk popularity Premium content
...In 2020, two-thirds of P&G shareholders supported a petition demanding more disclosure for pulp and palm oil use....
October 12, 2022
FT Live
Investing in America
Foreign companies as drivers of US growth, resilience and competitiveness
Tuesday, 10 DecemberHybrid Conference
Person in the News
Nelson Peltz: the activist investor hot on Unilever’s heels
...“Nelson is actually helpful,” says a person close to P&G’s board....
January 28, 2022
HTSI
Gwyneth Paltrow at 50
...The clothes of G Label, her second‑fastest growth vertical, are based on all the things Paltrow “wants to wear now”....
September 3, 2022
Due Diligence
To spy or not to spy? Premium content
...Peltz’s stint at Unilever will probably be a smoother one than at P&G, where he waged a bitter proxy battle, Lex notes....
June 1, 2022
FT Magazine
What Cameo knows about celebrity
...The most recognisable names — Sarah Jessica Parker, Floyd Mayweather, Jerry Springer, Dick Van Dyke, Snoop Dogg, John Cleese, Lindsay Lohan, David Hasselhoff — are no longer at the height of their careers...
January 21, 2022
Unilever PLC
Unilever warns it will miss full-year sales targets
...Blaming weak sales in the US and India, two of its biggest markets, the maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream said it expected underlying sales growth for 2019 and the first half of 2020 to be “...
December 17, 2019
LexHarry Dempsey
Lex Coronavirus Advice Exchange: restaurateur wrestles with bailout Premium content
...Expect as much focus on “S” and “G” as on “E”....
April 9, 2020
FT MagazineJoshua Chaffin
Why the demise of an old boys’ club is cause for celebration — and sadness
...In addition to mixing drinks, Jerry also manned the telephone in that pre-mobile era....
May 23, 2019
News in-depthVodafone Group PLC
Vodafone faces growth test after cut to dividend
...“This means mobile operators will not be able to rely so much on the ‘rising tide’ effect of smartphone sales to drive the uptake of the new G,” he said....
May 15, 2019
Personal & Household Goods
Unilever appeals to small shareholders ahead of crunch vote
...The plea came as part of a concerted push by the maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to win over shareholders now that voting has begun ahead of key meetings on October 25 and 26....
September 25, 2018
FT Live
Outstanding Directors Exchange
Fostering trust for steadfast leadership
Wednesday, 12 JuneHarvard Club of New York City, West 44th Street, New York, NY, USA
Personal Finance
Weekend catchup — this week’s personal finance headlines
...The plea came as part of a concerted push by the maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to win over shareholders now that voting has begun ahead of key meetings on October 25 and 26....
September 28, 2018
Telecoms
TalkTalk’s full-year profits hit by restructuring costs
...The company has also forged a joint venture with Infracapital, an arm of M&G Prudential, to build full-fibre networks to 3m premises....
May 24, 2018
Due Diligence
With new chief on the way, Goldman undergoes a transformation Premium content
...(FT) Biblical billionaire How Jerry Falwell Jr turned a Christian university into a billion-dollar online empire, with a little help from the Department of Education and American taxpayers....
April 20, 2018
News in-depthThe Big Read
Consumer goods: big brands battle with the ‘little guys’
...Jon Moeller, P&G’s finance director, told an industry conference last week that “P&G is a profoundly different company than just a few years ago”....
February 28, 2018
Corporate spin-offs
Week in Review, March 17
...The UK businesses will be in one company, called M&G Prudential; the international businesses will be in the other, called Prudential plc....
March 16, 2018
Retail & Consumer industry
Sharp drop in consumer ads sends WPP shares plunging
...Both Unilever, which makes brands such as Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Dove soap, and P&G, which owns Gillette razors, have said they will cut marketing budgets....
August 23, 2017
News in-depthPersonal & Household Goods
Consumer goods make appetising target for US activists
...The company behind Dove soap and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream has sharpened its focus on profitability, setting a target of 20 per cent operating margin by 2020, from 16 per cent last year....
July 21, 2017
News in-depthThe Big Read
Advertising agencies squeezed by tech giants
...Unilever, which owns brands such as Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Dove soap, recently announced it is cutting half of the 3,000 ad agencies it uses around the world and will make a third fewer ads....
June 25, 2017
InterviewThe Monday Interview
Alan Horn, Walt Disney Studios chairman: the Jedi-in-chief
...He enjoyed his time at P&G but discovered it was not a great fit....
November 22, 2015
Technology sector
#techFT – Vorsprung durch data security
...Meanwhile, Chinese rival Didi Kuaidi has named Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang as a senior adviser and board observer....
December 8, 2015

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