Unilever Growth Depends On Trimming Dead Weight, Streamlining Operations
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Unilever will aggressively shape its portfolio, embark on cost- and asset-reduction initiatives and "raise the bar" for innovation and marketing in order to achieve growth going forward, President of the Americas Michael B. Polk said Sept. 5 at the Lehman Brothers Back-to-School Consumer Conference
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