Helium Air, a new AC startup, is challenging established brands like Voltas and LG by focusing on transparency and technology. The company ...

India's scorching heatwave has boosted sales of soft drinks, ice-creams and dairy beverages, while higher prices and weak consumer sentimen...

The concern follows a May 8 order by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), which links compressor imports in...

While consumer demand had started improving over the past four months after a prolonged slowdown, rising crude oil prices, supply disruptio...

Amid ongoing supply chain challenges and the burden of rising operational costs, smaller consumer goods players are feeling the squeeze. Th...

The new refrigerants called hydrofluoroolefins, or HFOs, are quickly replacing older hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, in the USA and Europe as ...

For the last five years, the theme on the street has mostly been: Buy today, expect comfort tomorrow. But some of the better wealth-creatin...

Summer weddings are driving a significant spending surge across India. Strong rural incomes from a good harvest are boosting sales of every...

Soaring temperatures have triggered a sharp demand rebound for ACs, beverages, and ice cream, with companies boosting output after a 50% sa...

In light of Gulf War, consumer goods sectors are battling unprecedented rises in raw material costs. Firms are now implementing daily price...

Air-conditioners are becoming an essential purchase in India, attracting startups like Helium and Optimist into a market long dominated by ...

India now holds over 200 million tonnes of coal, enough for 90 days, a significant increase from previous stock levels. The nation achieved...

Indian businesses are seizing opportunities after the Iran war ceasefire. Exports are resuming, and factories are returning to full capacit...

Sales of airconditioners and refrigerators rose the highest in five years in March according to just published data from market tracker Gfk.

The BEE plans to roll out the new rating norms from next year, which are likely to make inverter ACs the most energy efficient.

"We are looking at a 50 per cent growth year-on-year (on market share) basis both in value and volume terms, "

Sales of air-conditioners and refrigerators have either fallen or stayed flat this season due to a weak summer and higher prices.