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Unilever cuts sales guidance as growth concerns in India market remain

"In the last month and a half, HUL's stock price has corrected from levels of about Rs 2,179 per share to Rs 1,964 now"

Nippon in tow, Future Supply eyes Rs 10,000-crore top line in 5 years

Alliance to give access to key Japanese clients and technical expertise

Tara Sinha, doyen of Indian advertisement world, passes away at 88

Sinha, who had both agency and client experience having worked at Coca-Cola in the 1970s and early 1980s, was the first woman to set up a national advertising agency

Nippon Express gets CCI nod to acquire 22% stake in Future Supply

This is the second time in two weeks that the CCI has given its nod to a foreign investment in a Future group company.

Procter & Gamble India sets up Rs 200-crore fund focused on climate

The new fund is in addition to its innovation sourcing fund that the company, the local unit of the world's largest consumer goods firm P&G, had launched last year

Three Zee Entertainment directors resign, cite related-party transactions

Zee also said it had a definitive plan in place to recover the outstanding amounts from Dish TV and Siti Cable, and that it was monitoring the situation closely

PVR jumps on to OTT bandwagon, partners movie-streaming service Mubi

London-headquartered Mubi, popular in the US and Europe, is best known for its curated line-up of films in English and other languages

7-Eleven tweaks convenience store format for India roll-out next year

Experts say the emphasis on eating out at 7-Eleven in India is linked in part to curbs on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail in the country

IKEA to take a year to roll out large and small-format stores in Mumbai

IKEA has already unveiled its online store in Mumbai this August, and is looking at smaller stores in South Mumbai, the eastern and western suburbs of the city

Sony eyes up to 30% stake in Mukesh Ambani's Network18 after Zee bid failed

Sony, said sources, is expected to evaluate its options carefully owing to regulation around foreign direct investment in media

Subhash Chandra to sell 16.5% stake in Zee, become minority shareholder

Will sell 16.5% stake and retain 5.9%; promoters to retain management control

Creation phase over, Future now looking to become a cost leader: CEO Biyani

We have to become a cost leader in whatever we do. And derive more from less, says Kishore Biyani

HUL future-proofing itself through precision skilling: CMD Sanjiv Mehta

85 experiments are under way to aid HUL's transformation into a future-ready company

Future group ties up with US food major Dole for packaged food distribution

Kishore Biyani-led group has said that the present partnership is for distribution of Dole's packaged food in India; local manufacturing will follow

How Dangal TV beat the likes of Zee, Star, Sony for top spot on TRP charts

Content as well as absence of key competitors has helped the channel maintain leadership in urban and rural markets

Tussle between traders, FMCG firms worsens over differential pricing

Federation of All India Distributors Association steps in to lend support

Dish TV stock falls over 12% as promoters reduce their stake in Q2

The latest shareholding pattern shows that the stake of the promoter and promoter group fell to 55.27 percent at the end of Q2, against 57.52 percent held at the end of the April-June (Q1) period

Vivo-Ogilvy spat: Agency-client relationships have come under scanner again

In the Vivo-Ogilvy matter, the advertiser had said in its arguments in court that there was no copyright over an idea, in this case, an "amusement park"

Ogilvy group drags Vivo to court over 'plagiarism'; next hearing on Nov 22

The ad in question featuring Aamir Khan remains on air still

Sale of durable products yet to pick up beyond major urban conglomerates

While the end of the current festival season is less than a fortnight, most large-scale manufacturers are yet to register healthy growth in primary sales