Akshara Srivastava

After nearly 18 months of lukewarm performance, the FMCG sector registered a volume growth of 5.3 per cent in the August-October period of 2025

The merged entity will have more than 3,000 stores globally and a turnover of approximately Rs 8,000 crore on an annualised basis

As inventory piles up, brands are expected to launch spring-summer collections around Republic Day

Merger with Sapphire Foods will create a unified Yum! India franchise, while Devyani's non-Yum brands and acquisitions are expected to support topline growth

Bird group, Chalet, Samhi, Lemon Tree see opportunity close to Jewar, Navi Mumbai airports

Devyani International will absorb Sapphire Foods under a share-swap merger to create a single Yum! India franchisee for KFC and Pizza Hut

Compass group India serves nearly 1.2 million meals a day through 900 cafeterias, operating across around 45 cities

Hotels near metros are seeing a sharp late surge in New Year's Eve bookings and higher rates, while restaurants and delivery firms face disruptions amid a gig workers' strike

Cooling appliance makers had started the year with high hopes, but an early arrival of monsoon splashed away their enthusiasm

Titan will launch beYon, its lab-grown diamond jewellery brand, later this month, even as its flagship brand Tanishq continues to promote natural diamonds with De Beers

Next year will open with concerts by American rock band Linkin Park and singer John Mayer in January in Bengaluru and Mumbai, followed by the month-long ICC Men's T20 cricket World Cup starting in Feb

Eateries say delivery disruptions on Christmas hurt sales in key markets and worry a planned New Year's Eve strike by gig workers could deepen losses despite platform assurances

Sold out for Christmas brunch, heavy footfall on New Year eve leads to 30% uptick in business for eateries

Festive travel demand peaks as hotel bookings jump nearly 30% in December, pushing room rates and airfares higher across popular leisure destinations in India

Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi says firms are innovating on dark patterns, prompting daily complaints; he cites NCH refunds and CCPA actions in 2025

Samsung India expects the consumer electronics industry to stay flat in 2026 amid a weak rupee and inflation concerns, but says it is targeting double-digit growth led by TVs and ACs

Oyo parent Prism has received shareholder approval to raise Rs 6,650 crore through an IPO, sources said. Shareholders also cleared a 1:19 bonus issue, pending approval

Id Fresh Foods started selling rice batter for dosa and idli in 2005, identifying a white space in the packaged food market

Generalising isolated laboratory findings to label eggs as unsafe is scientifically incorrect, says the food regulator in its clarification

For Pernod Ricard India, this is a continuation of the festival season and the year-end festivities make for good business