Procter & Gamble India
Procter & Gamble to buy the consumer health business of Merck KGaA for $4.2 bn
20 Apr 2018
As part of the deal, P&G will acquire a majority stake of 51.80 per cent stake in India listed drug firm Merck Ltd for Rs 1,289.88 crore and subsequently make a mandatory tender offer to minority shareholders
P&G joins Unilever to cut digital ad spends, return to basics
03 Mar 2018
Procter & Gamble Co cut digital advertising spend by $200 million in 2017, transferring this amount to traditional media like TV and audio, as consumer goods firms become suspicious of ‘walled gardens’ like Google and YouTube
Procter & Gamble to sell its beauty brands to Coty for $12.5 bn
09 Jul 2015
The transaction for 43 brands includes P&G’s global salon professional hair care and colour, retail hair colour, cosmetics and fine fragrance businesses, along with select hair styling brands
Coty nears deal to buy three P&G brands for about $12 billion
16 Jun 2015
Coty Inc, the $4.6-billion US cosmetics group, has won an auction to acquire Wella hair care and Max Factor and CoverGirl makeup brands from Procter & Gamble for around $12 billion
P&G on course in pruning low-value brands
23 Feb 2015
After the brand consolidation, P&G would focus on nearly 65 best performing brands, and aim to improve their market share
P&G to sell Camay and Zest soap brands to Unilever
23 Dec 2014
The deal involves the global sale of the Camay and the Zest brand outside of North America and the Caribbean and the Talisman manufacturing facility in Mexico, which employs around 170 people
P&G explores sale of Wella hair care business worth around $7 bn
29 Nov 2014
The potential sale comes two weeks after P&G agreed to sell its Duracell battery unit to Warren Buffett's investment firm Berkshire Hathaway in a stock swap deal worth $3 billion
Warren Buffett to buy Duracell from P&G in a stock swap deal worth $3 bn
14 Nov 2014
The divestment is part of Procter & Gamble's strategy to improve its financial performance by focusing on about 80 brands that generate 95 per cent of its profits
Procter & Gamble to spin off 50-year-old Duracell battery brand
25 Oct 2014
Procter & Gamble Co (P&G) yesterday said that it would exit its 50-year-old battery brand, Duracell, and create a stand-alone company for it
P&G to cut 100 underperforming brands, focus on key products
04 Aug 2014
While Procter & Gamble did not say which of the estimated 100 brands would either be discontinued or sold off, these brands taken together had aggregate sales declines of 3 per cent a year over the last three years
Procter & Gamble to sell most of its pet food business to Mars for $2.9 bn
10 Apr 2014
US multinational consumer goods company Procter & Gamble Co (P&G) yesterday struck a deal to sell most of its pet food business to Mars Inc for $2.9 billion in cash in order to focus on its core consumer business
Bayer, Novartis, Reckitt Benckiser, P&G in fray for Merck & Co's consumer healthcare unit
20 Feb 2014
Bayer, Novartis, Reckitt Benckiser, and Procter & Gamble are among the companies that are exploring a deal to buy Merck &Co's consumer healthcare unit
Coke, Ford, Nestle, P&G, Unilever join pact to promote responsible development of plant-based plastics
20 Nov 2013
Poddar group to prune stake in Gillette India, cede promoter role to P&G
27 Sep 2013
After the stock sale, Cincinnati-headquartered P&G will become the sole owner of Gillette India
Israel’s Teva, P&G tie up to set up plant in Gujarat
25 Jul 2012
The joint venture company, PGT Healthcare, will initially invest around Rs250 crore to set up plant to make over-the-counter drugs
P&G to buy rest of Spanish Arbora & Ausonia JV for $1 bn
21 Jul 2012
Procter & Gamble Co yesterday launched a $1-billion bid for the rest of its Spanish joint venture with Spain's Agrolimen Group,to strengthen and expand its feminine- and baby-care products businesses
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