In the week ending on September 20, the Indian market maintained its recent upward trend and set a new record as investors welcomed the Fed’s unexpected 50 basis point interest rate drop. The decline in unemployment claims, a strong FII inflow, and the possibility that the RBI will adopt the Fed’s stance at its next…
The consumer goods company Dabur India is launching its first manufacturing venture in the southern region with an investment of Rs 400 crore to establish a new plant in Tamil Nadu. The business and the Tamil Nadu government inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Thursday to develop a cutting-edge manufacturing facility in the Villupuram…
Data from the National Securities Depository (NSDL) shows that in the first half of August, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares worth $1.76 billion of financial services businesses, marking the largest outflow from the industry since January. With $2.24 billion in total sales, the financial services industry accounted for over 78% of all net outflows…
For the majority of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies, rural growth has remained lacklustre for the second consecutive quarter of FY24, suggesting a lag in the hinterlands’ recovery. For FMCG firms, a rebound in rural areas is crucial because over one-third of their overall sales come from these areas. According to market watchers, a strong…
On Friday, Indian shares fell for the second consecutive day as a result of persistent profit-taking and a general decrease after the Reserve Bank of India hinted that tighter monetary conditions would linger. The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex dropped 0.35% to 62,625.6 while the blue-chip Nifty 50 closed 0.38% lower at 18,563.40. The benchmarks maintained…
With the lowering of prices and the emergence of some hopeful signs for rural demand in the March quarter, FMCG volume growth turned positive once again. FMCG firms reported that the fourth quarter showed some initial signs of recovery after commodity headwinds had a negative influence on demand during the first nine months of the…
In India, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) saw a growth of 17.5% in rural regions and a growth of 6.1% in urban areas in March. FMCG sales increased by 14.1% year over year in March, according to data issued monthly by Bizom, a retail intelligence platform that measures consumer goods sales across 7.5 million places. While…
FMCG firms anticipate a 5–15% increase in demand for a variety of items, including those in the snacking, beverage, ready-to-eat package, rice product, and soap categories, due to the early start of summer this year. “For the next three months, we anticipate at least a 15% increase in demand. The need for snack items typically…
The FMCG business is hopeful about at least 20 percent growth in 2023 after a ‘exponential boom’ in 2022. “We observed strong demand and a 30% increase from the prior fiscal year. Our expected revenue of Rs 4500 crores for the end of March 2023 has already been surpassed, according to Ashish Khandelwal, Managing Director…
Hindustan Unilever, a major FMCG company, increased its consolidated net profit by 7.86 percent to $2,481 billion for the quarter that ended in December from $2,300 billion in the same quarter last year.Comparing the net profit to the Rs. 2,670 crore profit from the prior quarter, the net profit decreased by 7% sequentially. In comparison…
