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One of the world's biggest consumer-goods companies — Dove, Hellmann's, Knorr, Rexona, Vaseline. In December 2025 it spun off its entire ice cream division and bet that a smaller, sharper company can grow faster. This is the story of a giant reinventing itself.
Updated · FY2025 · December 2025
6
Chapters
~17
Min read
€50B / yr revenue · ~96K employees · public since 1929
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Growth
~3 min
Smaller on Purpose
Unilever's sales went *down* last year. The business actually got *healthier*. Both things are true — and that gap is the first lesson.
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Financial Health
~3 min
Leaner, and It Shows
A smaller company that keeps more of every euro it makes. The simplification is already showing up in the margins.
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3
Moat
~3 min
A Few Brands Do the Heavy Lifting
Unilever owns hundreds of brands. But a focused handful — the 'Power Brands' — generate nearly four-fifths of the money.
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4
Management
~2 min
New Boss, New Urgency
P&G changed CEOs with zero drama. Unilever changed CEOs because the board wanted things to move faster. Same event, opposite meaning.
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Behind the Numbers
~3 min
The Story Behind the Numbers
The income statement says *what* happened. The company's own write-up says *why*.
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Risk
~3 min
Did the Breakup Work?
Unilever's whole bet is that a smaller, sharper company grows faster. The evidence isn't all in yet.
↻ Next update · Jul 24
est. Jul 24, 2026 · H1 2026 · Unilever Investor Relations ↗
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