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Jubilant Food, Bata: Consumption stocks get leg up amid festive boost

Nine-day Navratri festival saw retailers witness the highest footfalls in two-three years across segments such as automobiles, consumer appliances, and apparels

HUL to Relaxo Footwears: Analysts upbeat on consumption-related stocks

Changes in the income-tax, likely good monsoon and the on-going above normal Rabi acreage along with higher MSPs are the key triggers analysts are betting on for the consumption revival

Rural consumers' brand adoption

The question remains whether rural households that experimented with a packaged branded atta or packaged branded detergent will continue to use the same

Early signs of recovery in rural India

Betw­een March and May, consumer sentiments in rural India fell more than twice as much as in urban India

Second wave dents rural economy leading to knock-on effect on recovery

With several state governments announcing local and state-wide lockdowns, economic impact would not only dent rural households' fragile financial health, but rural consumption is also decreasing

The rural worry

Bharat is suffering on multiple counts

The coming long spell of demand drought

Looks like India's demand curve has shifted downwards for a couple of years at least, writes Shailesh Dobhal

Middle-aged, older people to drive future consumption in India: BCG

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, consumption will continue to grow at a steady pace, the consultancy says, tripling in size in 10 years

Rural consumption better placed during Covid-19 pandemic, shows data

An EcoScope report of Motilal Oswal Financial Services says that while urban consumption declined 18 per cent year-on-year

Raise demand via govt spending

As demand rises, supply would increase correspondingly and so would employment and overall growth

Despite challenging economic environment, Bharat to drive Maruti's sales

Rural buying 41% of the total during Apr-Aug

Tata Steel output back at 100% led by rural demand, good monsoon: Narendran

The company is now less dependent on exports compared to the first quarter, he added

As Covid-19 reaches hinterland, is India's rural growth story getting over?

A recent report by Credit Suisse cautions that the spread of Covid-19 infections to Tier-III and -IV cities could stall the growth momentum

Britannia to pump in Rs 700 crore in 2.5 years, says MD Varun Berry

The domestic biscuits market is estimated to have grown between 15-17 per cent in Q1, led by in-home consumption in urban areas and migrants making their way back to the countryside.

June FMCG sales back to pre-Covid-19 levels, thanks to rural India: Nielsen

According to Nielsen, both urban and rural sales are growing but the recovery/sales from the undeveloped semi-urban/rural quarters are much faster

M&M: Rural demand, normal monsoons and higher MSP to support volumes

Capital allocation, urban volumes, new regime key factors to be seen

HUL, Jio team up for a branded play as focus shifts to rural consumers

A slowing economy pushes the two to come together to develop a joint engagement platform for rural consumers

Appliances & consumer electronic mkt to double to Rs 1.5 trn by FY25: CEAMA

The appliances and consumer electronics industry is projected to double to Rs 1.48 lakh crore by 2024-25, according to a report. The market is expected to see acceleration in growth on account of surging rural consumption, reducing replacement cycles, increasing penetration of retail, a wide choice of brands and products at various price points, it added. The industry had a total market size of Rs 76,400 crore in 2018-19, in which Rs 32,200 crore was contributed from domestic manufacturing, according to the joint report by CEAMA and Frost & Sullivan. The report is based on product categories, which include air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, television (TV) and audio. "The overall market size of the five categories covered in this project for the year FY19 is 76,400 crore and the market is estimated to grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 11.7 per cent till FY25," the report said. It also suggests that domestic value addition for "ACE (appliances and ...

Over 200 global economists seek junked NSO report details from govt

Chorus to make junk NSO report public grows

Maharashtra, Haryana saw biggest drop in rural consumer spending: NSO data

Rural parts of Haryana and Maharashtra saw an 18 per cent fall in consumer spending in 2017-18, compared to 2011-12