Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) announced its results for June Quarter 2007. Total Sales grew by 12.9% with the FMCG business growing by 13.4%.
Home & Personal Care (HPC) Business grew 11.1%. All brands in Laundry and Shampoo continued to perform well. Personal Wash growth was driven by a strong performance in Lux and Breeze.
Skin category was impacted by a planned reduction of stocks in the distribution pipeline in preparation for Fair & Lovely relaunch in July 2007.
Oral Category growth was led by Close Up. The key innovations during the quarter were the launches of Dove Hair Care, Clinic All Clear variants for men, Lifebuoy Skin-guard, Lakme Sun Expert and Pepsodent Centre Fresh.
Foods business had another quarter of impressive performance registering a sales growth of 25%. The Beverages business grew by 21% with all Tea brands, Taj, 3 Roses, Red Label and Taaza, performing well. Bru Coffee continued its excellent performance this quarter.
Knorr and Kissan brands were the drivers of a 38% growth in the Processed Foods category. Icecream business had a robust 24% growth. The key innovations during the quarter were the launches of Knorr Chinese mixes, Bru Iced Cappuccino and the Moo Icecream range.
National rollout of the Water business is progressing well and now covers all Southern states, Maharashtra and West Bengal. Consumer acquisition and brand building has met all action standards and production capacity is being enhanced for further roll-out.
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