Suits & Sayings: Profit Pals

We have seen how GST 2.0 put the smile back on certain consumer segments. What’s less advertised is that it also turned bitter rivals into chat buddies. We hear that there is a buzzing WhatsApp group of FMCG CEOs dedicated to discussing the aftermath of GST 2.0: the pricing pain-points, potential tradelevel write-offs, and what all might qualify as “anti-profiteering” in the government’s eyes, should commodity inflation decide to stage a comeback.

(For more on our weekly roundup of wackiest whispers and murmurs in corporate corridors & policy parlours, pick up today's edition of The Economic Times newspaper)