Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest fast moving consumer goods company owned by Unilever. HUL was formed in 1933 and owns brands like Lifebuoy, Lux, Pears, Brooke Bond tea, Bru coffee, Pepsodent toothpaste, Surf detergent, Kissan jam, Annapurna salt and atta, Pond's cream, Fair & Lovely cream, Lakmé beauty products, Sunsilk and Dove shampoo. It has a presence in over 20 consumer categories and over 700 million Indian consumers use its products. HUL is headquartered in Mumbai and has over 15,000 employees contributing to indirect employment of over
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Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest fast moving consumer goods company owned by Unilever. HUL was formed in 1933 and owns brands like Lifebuoy, Lux, Pears, Brooke Bond tea, Bru coffee, Pepsodent toothpaste, Surf detergent, Kissan jam, Annapurna salt and atta, Pond's cream, Fair & Lovely cream, Lakmé beauty products, Sunsilk and Dove shampoo. It has a presence in over 20 consumer categories and over 700 million Indian consumers use its products. HUL is headquartered in Mumbai and has over 15,000 employees contributing to indirect employment of over
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest fast moving consumer goods company owned by Unilever. HUL was formed in 1933 and owns brands like Lifebuoy, Lux, Pears, Brooke Bond tea, Bru coffee, Pepsodent toothpaste, Surf detergent, Kissan jam, Annapurna salt and atta, Pond's cream, Fair & Lovely cream, Lakmé beauty products, Sunsilk and Dove shampoo. It has a presence in over 20 consumer categories and over 700 million Indian consumers use its products. HUL is headquartered in Mumbai and has over 15,000 employees contributing to indirect employment of over
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Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest fast moving consumer goods company owned by Unilever. HUL was formed in 1933 and owns brands like Lifebuoy, Lux, Pears, Brooke Bond tea, Bru coffee, Pepsodent toothpaste, Surf detergent, Kissan jam, Annapurna salt and atta, Pond's cream, Fair & Lovely cream, Lakmé beauty products, Sunsilk and Dove shampoo. It has a presence in over 20 consumer categories and over 700 million Indian consumers use its products. HUL is headquartered in Mumbai and has over 15,000 employees contributing to indirect employment of over
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Introduction to HUL
HUL works to create a better future every day and helps people feel good, look good and get more out of life with brands and services that are good for them and good for others Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest fast moving consumer goods company owned by the European company Unilever. The AngloDutch company Unilever owns a 52% majority stake. HUL was formed in 1933 as Lever Brothers India Limited and came into being in 1956 as Hindustan Lever Limited through a merger of Lever Brothers, Hindustan Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and United Traders Ltd. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India and has an employee strength of over 15,000 employees and contributes to indirect employment of over 52,000 people. The company was renamed in June 2007 as Hindustan Unilever Limited. Lever Brothers started its actual operations in India in the summer of 1888, when crates full of Sunlight soap bars, embossed with the words "Made in England by Lever Brothers" were shipped to the Kolkata harbour and it began an era of marketing branded Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). Hindustan Unilever's distribution covers over 1 million retail outlets across India directly and its products are available in over 6.3 million outlets in the country, nearly 80% of all retail outlets in India. The company claims that two out of three Indians use its many home and personal care products, food and beverages. HUL is the market leader in Indian consumer products with presence in over 20 consumer categories such as soaps, tea, detergents and shampoos amongst others with over 700 million Indian consumers using its products. Sixteen of HULs brands featured in the ACNielsen Brand Equity list of 100 Most Trusted Brands Annual Survey (2008). According to Brand Equity, HUL has the largest number of brands in the Most Trusted Brands List. It has consistently had the largest number of brands in the Top 50, and in the Top 10. The company has a distribution channel of 6.3 million outlets and owns 35 major Indian brands. Its brands include Kwality Wall's ice cream, Knorr soups & meal makers, Lifebuoy, Lux, Pears, Breeze, Liril, Rexona, Hamam and Moti soaps, Pureit water purifier, Lipton tea, Brooke Bond (3 Roses, Taj Mahal, Taaza, Red Label) tea, Bru coffee, Pepsodent and Close Up toothpaste and brushes, and Surf, Rin and Wheel laundry detergents, Kissan squashes and jams, Annapurna salt and atta, Pond's talcs and creams, Vaseline lotions, Fair and Lovely creams, Lakm beauty products, Clear, Clinic Plus, Clinic All Clear, Sunsilk and Dove shampoos, Vim dishwash, Ala bleach, Domex disinfectant, Modern Bread, Axe deosprays and Comfort
