Company News, Financial News

Unilever To Cut SKUs and People

Will reduce lineup by 30% and cut 2,000 jobs in the new year.

Author Image

By: TOM BRANNA

Editor

A couple of weeks ago, Unilever CEO Paul Polman warned that gains in emerging markets—his company's bread and butter—were disappearing. Now, he's taking drastic measures ahead of the slowdown. The company will cut the number of individual products it sells by 30% by the end of 2014 to become more efficient and navigate a global economic slowdown it admits it was slow to confront.At the same time, it is cutting about 2,000 jobs and will continue to adjust its portfolio. “The gl...

Continue reading this story and get 24/7 access to Happi for FREE


Already a subscriber? Sign in

Keep Up With Our Content. Subscribe To Happi Newsletters