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
