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Third Covid-19 wave: Consumers prioritise purchasing only bare essentials

Bizom data notes that while other categories' consumption took a hit, commodity consumption remained high as people focused on essentials

Nestle India Q4 profit dips 20% to Rs 386.66 cr, net sales up 8.9%

Commenting on the annual performance, Nestl India Chairman and Managing Director Suresh Narayanan said, '2021 was a very challenging year'

Low rural offtake weighs as FMCG volumes shrink nearly 2% in Q3FY22

Value growth still higher due to price hikes

FMCG major Dabur India's healthy run comes riding on growth triggers

Distribution, new product contribution, and portfolio expansion are positive

Budget 2022: Weak demand-led rural stress to continue for FMCG firms

The MNREGA allocation did not come on expected lines but companies expect it to get revised during the year

Higher MSP allocation will drive consumption in rural markets: FMCG makers

Nearly 35 per cent of the FMCG sales come from rural areas and after the second wave, it was badly hit

Weak rural demand takes a toll on consumer segment, say experts

Consumer durables makers have also witnessed a slowdown in rural demand due to inflationary trends coupled with weak festive season sales

Britannia Industries net profit falls 18% to Rs 369.18 crore in Q3

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 452.64 crore in the October-December quarter a year ago

Rural sales value positive; volumes have declined: HUL's Sanjiv Mehta

'Once commodity prices start going down, we will adjust down the prices or increase the quantum of volume in the packs', said Mehta

HUL Q3 surpasses estimates even as rural growth remains impacted

Net profit up 18.6% on 10.3% rise in revenue; says near-term outlook uncertain as growth moderating, inflation high

Price hike to help FMCG cos post higher revenues in Q3, volumes may get hit

Volumes estimated to remain weak; gross margins under pressure due to high raw material costs

Top headines: RBI on corporate bonds; December qtr auto sales slip

Sales of automobiles across all segments in India, the world's fifth-largest market, hit a multi-year low in the December quarter owing to pandemic-induced factors

Britannia Industries appoints Amit Doshi as chief marketing officer

Doshi's appointment would be effective from January 17 and would take over from Vinay Subramanyam, who had left the company in December last year

Hindustan Unilever hikes prices of soaps and detergents by 3-20%

This comes on the back of rising raw material costs, which had forced the company to initiate several similar rounds of price hikes last year, too

FMCG distribution system in a flux

Large companies that set up the complex distribution system in the country are today faced with the challenge of handling a many-headed monster

How are traditional distributers competing with big brands?

As several leading brands are threatening to push India's traditional distributors into oblivion. They recently got breakthrough against HUL and Colgate Palmolive. Find out how they are fighting back

TMS Ep83: Traditional distributors, silver, RIL, Economic Survey

How are traditional distributors competing with big brands? Can investors benefit by putting money in silver? Should Reliance Industries go for de-merger? What is Economic Survey? All answers here

FMCG companies see customers pantry loading as Covid-19 cases spike

FMCG companies witnessed an increase in demand in the past two weeks as consumers stocked up in the wake of rise in Covid-19 cases across the country

FMCG distributors call off stir against Colgate-Palmolive after talks

Will gauge the price parity situation on the ground for the next 3 months

FMCG distributors call off stir against Colgate after talks with company

FMCG distributors suspended their boycott of Colgate after talks with the company over the issue of the price disparity between the traditional distributors and organised business-to-business channel