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Unilever turns to new shower foams, lotions amid price squeeze

Bloomberg Unilever is rolling out new products such as Dove shower foam to boost sales as it struggles to raise prices on longtime mainstays like Hellmann’s mayonnaise. The Anglo-Dutch consumer-product giant introduced five new brands in its personal-care division in 2017, including Hijab Fresh, a hand and body lotion aimed at Muslim consumers, and soaps formulated for babies. That helped ...

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UAE outsourcing sector revenue to hit $1bn by 2020

DUBAI / WAM The outsourcing sector is an important pillar of the UAE’s economic diversification and among the fastest-growing sectors in the country with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.2 percent, according to the ‘UAE Outsourcing Market Outlook 2016-2020’, a report by International Data Corporation (IDC). The report estimates that operational management revenues of business process outsourcing (BPO) ...

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Dubai Holding picks new CEO to run $35bn firm

Bloomberg Dubai Holding LLC appointed Amit Kaushal as chief executive officer, replacing Edris Alrafi who left the investment firm after less than a year. Kaushal was previously chief financial officer at the conglomerate that manages about $35 billion of assets, according to an emailed statement. He was also senior vice president of funding and treasury management at property developer Meraas ...

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