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…
Hindustan Unilever, a major FMCG company, entered the health and wellbeing market by making strategic investments in Nutritionalab’s Wellbeing Nutrition and OZiva from Zywie Ventures. HUL would pay ‘264 crore in cash to acquire a 51% interest in OZiva through a combination of primary infusion and secondary buy-outs. HUL stated that the remaining 49% will…
Major FMCG firms observed a comeback in home and personal care items in the quarter that ended in September, despite inflation and weak growth having an impact on the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry.FMCG companies including Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) and ITC Ltd. reported volume growth in personal care and home care goods but comparatively…
In order to combat the present inflationary environment and maintain its growth trajectory, Dabur India has joined the growing list of FMCG firms in India that are concentrating more and more on the food and beverage industry. In the instance of Dabur, the company is also entering the food market in addition to growing its…
Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies are hopeful of rural consumption improving in the coming quarters on the back of softening commodity prices, normal monsoons, and government measures. Rural volumes have largely been muted so far because of inflationary pressures impacting consumption in the regions. Commodities will have the most impact on rural volumes, according to Ritesh…
In a very volatile week that concluded October 7 amid mixed global cues and a falling rupee, the market rallied with a more than 1% gain, snapping a three-week losing skid. The Sensex added 764.37 points, or 1.33 percent, to 58,191.29, while the Nifty50 gained 220.3 points, or 1.28 percent, to 17,314.65 at the close…
Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) cut out over ₹20,000 crore from financial services and information technology (IT) sectors in last month, as they continued their selling of Indian equity shares for the seventh straight month. According to latest data, the financial services sector saw a net out flow of ₹12,891 crore in April while the IT…
