Finance & Capital Management

In her monthly column, Lora Cecere reveals what it is like to work with 'visionary executives in the consumer goods industry and identifies the characteristics that make them stand out.

A new deal significantly expands the presence of solar lights in the NGO and humanitarian aid sector.

Unilever announces that its Chief Financial Officer, Jean-Marc Hut, has decided to step down from his role and the Boards of Unilever PLC and Unilever N.V. Graeme Pitkethly will succeed Hut as CFO.

Whirlpool Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire American Dryer Corporation, a privately held company that manufactures and markets coin-operated industrial and specialty laundry equipment.

The Clorox Company announces Executive Chairman Donald R. Knauss will retire from The Clorox Company and its board of directors. The board also appoints George Harad as independent chair and adds Spencer C. Fleischer and Christopher J. Williams.

Procter & Gamble (P&G) is rumored to announce a massive buying and planning review across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. This comes on the brink of a wave of CPG giants like Coca-Cola, Unilever and L'Oreal, that are already rethinking the way they spend their media dollars. For P&G, it will be the first time in nearly two decades that it has reviewed its U.S. buying account.

Supply Chain Insights Founder, Lora Cecere explains how promotion management is not to be solved through incrementalism.

The technology helps to allow for productive collaboration enterprise-wide, whether between internal departments or with international vendors.