{"id":834512,"date":"2025-03-16T14:12:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T19:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/16\/unilever-indias-demerger-with-walls-maximises-potential-for-ice-cream-growth\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T14:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T19:12:23","slug":"unilever-indias-demerger-with-walls-maximises-potential-for-ice-cream-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/16\/unilever-indias-demerger-with-walls-maximises-potential-for-ice-cream-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Unilever India\u2019s demerger with Wall\u2019s \u2018maximises potential\u2019 for ice cream growth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HUL has emerged with its ice cream business in India. @Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Unilever\u2019s India business entity Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) says its planned demerger with Kwality Wall\u2019s (India) Ltd (KWIL) ice cream business via a demerger, hoping to maximise the latter\u2019s potential and growth in the country.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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HUL announced the demerger with KWIL on 10 January 2025, stressing that the this move was a forward-looking measure to ensure the latter would be able to fulfil its potential in India.<\/p>\n

\u201cKWIL is a great business with significant growth potential, and this demerger will enable this potential to be maximised,\u201d<\/i> HUL CFO Ritesh Tiwari told the floor at the company\u2019s most recent investor\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is because the delisting will establish KWIL as a separately listed entity that has its own focused management, which will then be able to have greater flexibility to deploy strategies suited to ice cream\u2019s distinctive business model. <\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cEven after the delisting, this new entity will still be equipped with the portfolio, brand and innovation expertise from the largest global ice cream business.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

HUL CEO Rohit Jawa added that this demerger is also considered a major step within the company\u2019s plans for increased focus on key target areas within its portfolio.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is part of HUL\u2019s ongoing strategy to make sharper portfolio choices, which will also contribute to more sustained growth overall,\u201d<\/i> he told the floor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is still a high-growth business especially with iconic brands such as \u2018Kwality Wall\u2019s\u2019, \u2018Cornetto\u2019 and \u2018Magnum\u2019 – so KWIL is operating in an attractive segment.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat this will add is to unlock fair value for HUL shareholders, and give them the flexibility to stay invested in the growth journey of the ice cream category, which is very important in the long run.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

He added that HUL is looking at portfolio transformation in terms of two aspects – premiumisation and category growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cHUL will focus on firstly maintaining a healthy core portfolio of products by stepping up the meaningfulness and relevance of existing brands to consumers, but simultaneously we will also be premiumising our future core so that we can evolve to expand into more high growth spaces.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cBeyond that, we will also be extending the portfolio to address emerging trends and consumer needs along with what consumers want which can change at a fast pace.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Flat growth, fast out?<\/b><\/h3>\n

That said, statistics from HUL\u2019s most recent financial results have shown that ice cream as a category has not been the most profitable or fast-growing for the company, compared to the many other brands it owns such as Horlicks nutrition drinks or the Lux and Dove personal care products.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last quarter of 2024, the revenue that ice cream brought in was flat year-on-year, [hence the need] for a new strategy to boost its growth,\u201d<\/i> Tiwari added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we are looking at is a smoother transition for the business and the people, while also securing better talent outcome that can help to push it forward in the best way.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Becki Mayoral
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HUL has emerged with its ice cream business in India. @Getty Images Unilever\u2019s India business entity Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) says its planned demerger with Kwality Wall\u2019s (India) Ltd (KWIL) ice cream business via a demerger, hoping to maximise the latter\u2019s potential and growth in the country. HUL announced the demerger with KWIL on 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":834513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4951,31070],"tags":[8366,43483],"class_list":{"0":"post-834512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indias","8":"category-unilever","9":"tag-indias","10":"tag-unilever"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}