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Rural sales value positive; volumes have declined: HUL's Sanjiv Mehta

'Once commodity prices start going down, we will adjust down the prices or increase the quantum of volume in the packs', said Mehta

HUL Q3 surpasses estimates even as rural growth remains impacted

Net profit up 18.6% on 10.3% rise in revenue; says near-term outlook uncertain as growth moderating, inflation high

Price hike to help FMCG cos post higher revenues in Q3, volumes may get hit

Volumes estimated to remain weak; gross margins under pressure due to high raw material costs

Top headines: RBI on corporate bonds; December qtr auto sales slip

Sales of automobiles across all segments in India, the world's fifth-largest market, hit a multi-year low in the December quarter owing to pandemic-induced factors

Britannia Industries appoints Amit Doshi as chief marketing officer

Doshi's appointment would be effective from January 17 and would take over from Vinay Subramanyam, who had left the company in December last year

Hindustan Unilever hikes prices of soaps and detergents by 3-20%

This comes on the back of rising raw material costs, which had forced the company to initiate several similar rounds of price hikes last year, too

FMCG distribution system in a flux

Large companies that set up the complex distribution system in the country are today faced with the challenge of handling a many-headed monster

How are traditional distributers competing with big brands?

As several leading brands are threatening to push India's traditional distributors into oblivion. They recently got breakthrough against HUL and Colgate Palmolive. Find out how they are fighting back

TMS Ep83: Traditional distributors, silver, RIL, Economic Survey

How are traditional distributors competing with big brands? Can investors benefit by putting money in silver? Should Reliance Industries go for de-merger? What is Economic Survey? All answers here

FMCG companies see customers pantry loading as Covid-19 cases spike

FMCG companies witnessed an increase in demand in the past two weeks as consumers stocked up in the wake of rise in Covid-19 cases across the country

FMCG distributors call off stir against Colgate-Palmolive after talks

Will gauge the price parity situation on the ground for the next 3 months

FMCG distributors call off stir against Colgate after talks with company

FMCG distributors suspended their boycott of Colgate after talks with the company over the issue of the price disparity between the traditional distributors and organised business-to-business channel

Colgate in talks with India sales agents after disruption threats

Last week, a group of distributors said they will stop some Colgate products from Jan. 1 in western Maharashtra state, the richest and one of the most populous in India

Dec-qtr revenue growth in low teens amid continuing inflation: Marico

"Rural demand was also sluggish, albeit optical to an extent, given the high base," said Marico

LIVE: Children aged 15-18, frontline workers to get vaccine shots, says PM

In his address to the nation, PM Modi said that frontline health workers will be given supplementary dose from Jan 10

FMCG companies prepared to tackle logistics issues amid Covid surge

ITC has been taking stock of operations and monitoring market developments

FMCG players expect better growth, lesser inflationary pressure in 2022

With a revival in demand and consumption, FMCG companies are looking forward to 2022 with positivity and hopes of sustaining a healthy growth trend across both rural and urban markets

Despite sluggish domestic demand, PLI builds FMCG appetite for expansion

Amul has accelerated its expansion plans in ice creams and other ready-to-eat products

ITC discusses demerger possibilities at first-ever investor meet

ITC chairman Sanjiv Puri doesn't rule out listing infotech business and said the board is open to creating value for non-cigarettes FMCG business

Why is JioMart's B2B model bad news for wholesale distributors?

JioMart's B2B business model has created a dilemma for India's FMCG companies who risk alienating the 4.5-lakh distributor community. Find out the stumbling blocks in JioMart's path to dominance