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ITC to invest $2 billion across segments in medium-term, says MD

Super app 'ITC-MAARS' among new growth areas; investment figure does not take into account inorganic opportunities

Parle Products tops most-chosen FMCG brand list in India: Report

Homegrown food company Parle Products has emerged as the most-chosen brand among the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies in the country, according to the 'Brand Footprint' report

Back to old normal: FMCG leaders beat FY21 blues, exceed pre-Covid levels

In the second instalment of a four-part series on how some of the defining numbers in key sectors are springing back to the pre-pandemic level, Arnab Dutta looks at India's top FMCG players

Top headlines: Fed on US economy, IAF deploys Rafales to counter China

Business Standard brings to you the top headlines on Thursday

ITC Q1FY22 results: Expert take

The cigarettes-to-hotels conglomerate, ITC, reported a 30.24% YoY increase in consolidated profit in the June quarter. Business Standard spoke to a D-Street expert to understand how ITC fared in Q1 and how government divestment of its 7.93% stake in ITC is likely to impact the stock in the quarters ahead.

HUL Q1 preview: Brokerages eye 7-15% YoY PAT growth; margin impact in focus

HUL is likely to report 21.3 per cent YoY revenue growth at Rs 12,807.6 in its Q1 revenue report, ICICI Direct said in a note

Why switching over to laggards may prove rewarding in stock market

FMCG, Pharma and Energy are sectors that have delivered lower returns than benchmark indices in the past year

Multiple growth triggers in place for shares of packaging firms

Any sharp rise in raw material prices or softening of FMCG demand could hurt prospects

FMCG cos see double-digit sales growth in Apr-June qtr amid pandemic

Leading FMCG companies in the country are expecting their sales growth numbers in high double digit in the April-June quarter

Consumer has become an omni-channel shopper: GCPL India's Sunil Kataria

Sunil Kataria, CEO (India & SAARC) of GCPL, explains the challenges arising out of the second wave, in an interview to Viveat Susan Pinto

We will continue to actively look for acquisitions: ITC CMD Sanjiv Puri

In a Q&A, he says that with vaccination picking up pace, consumers will gain confidence and the economy will recover progressively

Consumer discretionary index hits all-time high; analysts see more upside

The recent optimism at the bourses stems from the hope that consumers will resort to 'revenge buying' once the lockdown condition is lifted following the second wave of Covid infections receding

IPV leads early-stage investment in FMCG distribution platform Dropshop

The startup is a full-stack platform for FMCG companies to digitise their last-mile distribution such as sales, logistics and credit to retailers.

Investors shun top FMCG stocks amid market rally; Tata Consumer outlier

M-cap of top 10 firms has risen 12% in 1 year, against 42% rally in Nifty50

FMCGs turn to online distribution as Covid forces kiranas to down shutters

Online as a percentage of sales for FMCG companies has touched 8-9 per cent for some firms versus 5-6 per cent a few months ago.

Emami's net profit jumps over three-fold to Rs 87.73 cr in March quarter

FMCG firm Emami Ltd on Tuesday reported over three-fold jump in its consolidated net profit to Rs 87.73 crore for the quarter ended March 31.

FMCG industry record 9.4% growth in January-March quarter: Nielsen

Indian FMCG industry has recorded a 9.4 per cent growth in the January-March quarter of 2021, helped by a consumption-led growth and value growth by increased prices of products

Godrej Consumer Products' consolidated net profit up 59% in March quarter

FMCG major Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) on Tuesday reported a 59.13 per cent increase in its consolidated net profit to Rs 365.84 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2021.

Dabur's consolidated net profit rises 34% to Rs 377 crore in March quarter

Homegrown FMCG major Dabur India Ltd on Friday reported an increase of 33.98 per cent in consolidated net profit at Rs 377.29 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2021

FIIs turn sellers after 6 months but bet big on these 2 sectors in April

The two sectors which continue to see highest net inflow consecutively for the two months are - FMCG and Realty, a report by Edelweiss Securities said