{"id":32934,"date":"2020-07-23T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/unilevers-business-dips-only-slightly-despite-coronavirus-crisis\/"},"modified":"2020-07-23T18:32:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:32:00","slug":"unilevers-business-dips-only-slightly-despite-coronavirus-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/unilevers-business-dips-only-slightly-despite-coronavirus-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"#Unilever\u2019s business dips only slightly despite coronavirus crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Unilever\u2019s business dips only slightly despite coronavirus crisis<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        July 23, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 11:32am            <\/p>\n<div>\n                        Unilever\u2019s overall business dipped only slightly in the most recent quarter despite the coronavirus crisis, propped up by surging demand from hunkered-down consumers for ice cream, soup and hand sanitizers.<\/p>\n<p>The Anglo-Dutch consumer-products giant said its underlying sales in the second quarter fell just 0.3 percent overall despite a massive plunge in the company\u2019s wholesale food-service business, which tanked 40 percent in the first half of the year as hotels, restaurants, cafes and bars shut down.<\/p>\n<p>On the positive side, demand from locked-down customers fueled double-digit sales growth in Unilever\u2019s retail food business. Its Knorr soup brand and Hellmann\u2019s mayonnaise were strong performers, along with ice cream lines Magnun and Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s, which helped drive a 26-percent surge in at-home ice cream sales.<\/p>\n<p>Unilever shares surged as much as 9.1 percent to $60.96 in early trading as its performance beat analysts\u2019 expectations for a 4.3 percent drop in underlying sales last quarter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have demonstrated the resilience of the business \u2014 in our portfolio, in a continued step-up in operational excellence, and in our financial position \u2014 and we have unlocked new levels of agility in responding to unprecedented fluctuations in demand,\u201d Unilever CEO Alan Jope said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Sales of skin cleansing products spiked 27 percent as consumers focused on hand-washing to prevent the coronavirus, according to Unilever. But demand for skin care, deodorants and hair care products suffered as consumers \u201chad fewer personal care occasions from going to work or <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>izing,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<p><span>Unilever also announced plans to spin off the bulk of its tea business \u2014 which includes major brands such as Lipton and PG Tips \u2014 into a separate entity by the end of next year. The company said it will hold onto its tea business in India and Indonesia following a strategic review of the segment that it announced in January.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Business <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/23\/unilevers-business-dips-just-slightly-despite-coronavirus-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Unilever\u2019s business dips only slightly despite coronavirus crisis&#8221; July 23, 2020 | 11:32am Unilever\u2019s overall business dipped only slightly in the most recent quarter despite the coronavirus crisis, propped up by surging demand from hunkered-down consumers for ice cream, soup and hand sanitizers. 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