FMCG

Underlining the rapid growth of digital in India, 40 per cent of consumption in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) segment worth $45 billion will be driven digitally by 2020, a new report said on Wednesday. According to the report...

The Government is incessantly coming up with ways to ensure an encouraging business climate in India and one of their initiatives is the GST, one of the biggest tax reforms in the Indian financial ecosystem. GST strives to transform India’s...

Few categories are as competitive in the Indian marketplace as fast moving consumer goods (FMCG). The sector is expected to reach over $50 billion in terms of sales in 2016 as new entrants and old players jostle for favour with...

Globalization has given Indians infinitely more choices than we have ever had and connected us to the world, but in return, it has also left us with an Achilles heel. Increased trade and interdependence between nations has exposed the country...

Long prevalent stereotypes of consumption patterns across states and population strata are being decimated as Indian consumers evolve and physically relocate. Increasing urbanisation, higher levels of awareness and improved infrastructure are all contributing to the trend. As business leaders rush...

After enduring a tough year due to headwinds such as impact of demonetization particularly in rural markets, the FMCG industry expects growth to return in 2017-18, said homegrown major Godrej Consumer Products Ltd, according to a PTI report. "Our expectation...

After taking a demonetisation hit, FMCG companies are pinning hopes on a growth oriented Budget to see a revival in consumer confidence and create demand both in urban and rural markets. "We are expecting a growth-oriented Budget with various stimuli...

Fast moving consumer goods companies are likely to report a 5-6 per cent drop in net profit during the third quarter due to the hit on sales that they witnessed post-demonetization drive in the run-up to the earnings season...

In recent times, online retail channels have caught the fancy of many marketers, who ditched the traditional retail route by placing new launches online first. Cases in point are smartphone makers like Xiaomi, Hugo Barra, and Gionee who launched...

Owing to the demonetization drive by the Union government, corporate profits for the third quarter will be adversely impacted with sectors such as automobile, FMCG, retail, consumer durables expected to be hit, says a report. Read: Demonetization is inflection point for...