This Diwali, gifts will mean a lot more… spendingThis Diwali, consumers may face higher costs for gift hampers as prices of dry fruits and chocolates have surged. An ET study reveals a 14%...
26 Sep, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Wedding season: No significant pick-up in demand for gold jewellery, household and kitchen appliances in semi-urban & rural marketsThis is driven by the fact that daily household inflation is yet to sober down completely impacting consumption amongst masses or people wi...
29 Nov, 2023, 05.56 PM IST
Festive wave may lift India's industrial growth in coming monthsIndustrial growth hit a three-month high of 5.7% in July from 3.8% in June. "You can't get a better time for manufacturing than now; festiv...
28 Sep, 2023, 06.38 AM IST
World Cup fails to boost TV sales amid post-Diwali lullTelevision sales that typically go up during cricket and football world cups have not seen any spike amid the ongoing Qatar 2022, despite r...
06 Dec, 2022, 01.00 AM IST
TV, smartphone firms go for 30% production cutsManufacturers of consumer electronics including smartphones, appliances and televisions have cut production by up to 30% since the beginnin...
02 Dec, 2022, 12.13 AM IST
Q2 roundup: Indian cos get festive boost; almost 62% post profit riseThere is definitely a festive boost which cannot be denied and which is reflected in earnings performance, said Vivek Kumar, economist at M...
10 Nov, 2022, 01.31 PM IST
FMCG sales remain flat amid trade restockingThe decline in the consumer goods segment is more pronounced in rural areas, and companies said demand could recover in the second half of ...
04 Nov, 2022, 12.36 AM IST
ETMarkets Smart Talk: BFSI, auto, IT, consumer goods top sectoral picks for Samvat 2079: Sumit ChandaWith the inflation data in the US pointing towards a possible rate hike, any commentary to that effect will see a reaction from the markets.
24 Oct, 2022, 09.41 AM IST
After two restive years, pricey goods push festive salesSales of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) in categories like packaged food and discretionary personal care products got a festive boost wi...
24 Oct, 2022, 06.57 AM IST
Inflation to impact gold buying this Dhanteras: World Gold Council"Unlike the Diwali season of 2021, this season may not have the advantage of pent-up demand or savings from muted wedding celebrations fuel...
21 Oct, 2022, 03.44 PM IST
Sensex likely to hit 70,000 by next Diwali; 4 sectors to boost growth: Vikas Khemani“There are lots of ideas and it is very hard to pick one idea. Companies like L&T, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Aditya Birla Capital all of t...
20 Oct, 2022, 02.56 PM IST
FMCG sales dip in September as traders go slow on stockingSales of groceries had risen 6% month-on-month in August, reversing consecutive sequential decline in the past three months, according to t...
04 Oct, 2022, 12.51 AM IST
Food inflation expected to soften in coming monthsRetail inflation had accelerated to 4.48% in October from 4.35% in September, while wholesale inflation had increased to a five-month high ...
18 Nov, 2021, 09.54 AM IST
Lower IIP mostly because of statistical issues, says CEAFinance Ministry today attributed the decline in November industrial production to a 4-year low to statistical reasons, particularly due to...
12 Jan, 2016, 11.33 PM IST
October IIP grew at 4.9% versus contraction of 0.4% in September: ET Now pollOwing to the fact that Diwali this year was in November, the October production is expected to have witnessed a growth.
12 Dec, 2012, 10.14 AM IST
- Indian economy overheated: Jahangir Aziz, JP Morgan
Jahangir Aziz of JP Morgan says India has been growing above its potential because of little capacity addition and it is good that it is sl...
12 Jan, 2011, 08.05 PM IST
- Govt to take more action to curb inflation
As the inflation surged to over a year high of 5.44 per cent during the week ended June 17, the government on Friday said rising prices are...
30 Jun, 2006, 03.20 PM IST