10-minute deliveries: Can't miss profit and regulatory hurdles to add profit in big basketIn 2024, Indians widely adopted quick commerce platforms for fast deliveries. This trend will grow in 2025, with more products available an...
01 Jan, 2025, 03.12 PM IST
Price cuts in India hit Unilever's growth in soaps, laundry spaceCheaper soaps and fabric washers have impacted Unilever's skin cleansing and home care segment growth in India, with the company citing inp...
26 Apr, 2024, 12.41 AM IST
12 consumer firms raised ₹467 crore in SME IPOs last year; up 63% from 2022Historically, these enterprises have been hesitant to navigate the complexities of capital markets due to concerns such as burdensome compl...
15 Jan, 2024, 07.11 PM IST
Need to reserve more sectors for MSMEs, says RSS Leader"Our country is different from USA, UK... we need a model which takes care of all 140 crore people. And there are 50-60 crore people whose ...
25 Aug, 2023, 11.49 PM IST
The little girl twirls on: Nirma's journey from washing powder to cement to pharmaIndia's Nirma, known for its washing detergent, is seeking to expand into the pharma sector by becoming the leading contender to buy Glenma...
01 Aug, 2023, 02.46 PM IST
Masses are coming: A growing challenge threatens India's big FMCG companiesLocal brands in India are growing faster than national brands in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector due to a slowdown in inflatio...
29 Jul, 2023, 11.28 AM IST
HUL, P&G, Nirma lose market share to small local brandsIn 2016, listed laundry behemoths Hindustan Unilever and Procter & Gamble either lost market share to regional and local brands or showed s...
22 Mar, 2017, 01.27 AM IST
Is your milk safe to drink? Containing contamination in milkNow a cheap milk testing kit has been developed by the Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) in Mysuru, which is a part of the gigantic D...
06 Mar, 2016, 10.45 AM IST
Win the mind’s battle before the market’s war: Sanjiv Mehta, Hindustan Unilever"In the thick of the Arab Spring, one underwent quite a few exciting challenges. In Egypt, the economy completely collapsed – but we grew 2...
22 Oct, 2014, 12.32 PM IST
HUL to roll out India’s first liquid detergent Surf Excel Liquid at Rs 230/litreHUL is betting on the country’s upgrading affluent consumers to push liquid detergent, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the US de...
10 May, 2013, 06.30 AM IST
HUL to target Ujala with Rin Perfect Shine?The recent launch of Rin Perfect Shine (RPS) fabric whitener by HUL is likely a case of proactive targeting of potential competition.
20 Jul, 2012, 12.11 PM IST
- Indian consumer space to get a face-lift in coming years: Study
The Indian household and personal care segment is set to change significantly in the coming years as consumption habits.
03 Jun, 2012, 02.19 PM IST
Ghari moves out Wheel to be No 1 in laundry marketGhari had more share during the latest two months than Wheel, a brand that contributes over Rs 2,500 cr, 12% of the Rs 20K-cr topline of Un...
11 Jan, 2012, 06.23 AM IST
- Rising input costs force Hindustan Unilever to raise prices of Rin
Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has kicked in a phase of price increases in laundry, a segment where margins had clearly bottomed out.
16 Jul, 2011, 06.28 AM IST
- Price war between MNCs, growth of Ghari threatens small detergent with washout
A price war between MNCs and rapid growth of the Ghari brand across the country have washed hundreds of regional detergent brands out of th...
22 Apr, 2011, 03.25 AM IST
We're not in the business to defend market shares but to grow itThough the fierce price-war in detergents, which started over three and a half years ago between Hindustan Unilever (HUL) and a born-again ...
21 Nov, 2007, 01.21 AM IST
- A soap opera called Nirma
In those days, the domestic market had very few players and was largely dominated by MNCs. The cheapest brand in the market came at Rs 13 a...
08 Jul, 2006, 12.08 AM IST