Indians are paying more for soaps, shampoos, or toothpastes, but the recent price hikes or altered output strategies may have less to do with input costs or demand than with the goods and services tax (GST) – the biggest change in the taxation landscape since Independence…READ MORE
KEEP READINGThere are lot of regional players doing well in foods, but very few national ones. So, how does the space looks like for the two largest FMCG players -HUL and ITC?…READ MORE
KEEP READINGNoronha is now worth more than the combined value of the shares that Sanjiv Mehta, MD, HUL, Y C Deveshwar, chairman, ITC, and Vivek Gambhir, MD, Godrej Consumer Products, hold in their companies…READ MORE
KEEP READINGWhile they still have a 60% share of the market, their dominance is slipping — by about 90 bps since 2014 and 40 bps in 2016…READ MORE
KEEP READINGThe Indian snack major is now twice the size of Hindustan Unilever’s packaged food division or Nestle Maggi and larger than the India turnover of the two American fast food rivals Domino’s and McDonald’s put together…READ MORE
KEEP READINGHaving joined Hindustan Unilever in 1976, Manwani had risen to a senior role as the divisional vice-president of its largest business — detergents…READ MORE
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