GST cuts elude detergents, cosmetics; analysts and FMCG players say it's surprisingIndustry experts are surprised that detergents and cosmetics remain under the 18% GST slab despite the govt's restructuring aimed at boosti...
07 Sep, 2025, 08.03 PM IST
Washing clothes with these 3 NZ detergents is like using water, consumer NZ finds, see the best performersConsumer NZ's recent testing reveals that some popular laundry detergents perform no better than plain water, leaving consumers disappointe...
24 Jul, 2025, 09.22 AM IST
You might be consuming detergent powder, chemicals while eating ice cream in KarnatakaThe Food Safety and Drug Administration Department (FDA) has flagged 97 out of 220 local ice cream, ice candy, and cool drink shops in Karn...
02 Apr, 2025, 09.17 AM IST
Indians go premium to do the laundryPremium detergents now reach 75% of Indian households, driven by liquid variants. Despite the Covid-induced stagnation in overall sales, pr...
04 Nov, 2024, 06.36 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
Trident enters detergent market, launches Tri-SafeThe company commenced commercial production of 'Tri-Safe' washing powder from Monday at its Budhni facility in Madhya Pradesh, with a curre...
03 Aug, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
Surf Excels as HUL’s top brand, nets over Rs 5,000 crore in salesSurf, launched 60 years ago, recorded sales of Rs 5,375 crore in the past year with a market share of 17.9%, industry executives citing Nie...
25 Feb, 2020, 09.25 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
Safechem Industries to chart out pan-India presenceAfter consolidating its presence in West Bengal with 21% market share, detergent manufacturer Safechem Industries would pan out in states l...
31 May, 2014, 01.29 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
- Unclean history of washing powder business
In India and across the world the washing powder business has been full of such twists. ET presents a brief and interestingly unclean histo...
15 Jan, 2012, 12.28 AM IST
- Hindustan Unilever loses trademark case for Sunlight brand to little known Kerala-based Thai Group
Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) lost a trademark case for a 127-year-old soap called Sunlight to a little known southern soap maker.
12 Aug, 2011, 04.22 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
- Jyothy Laboratories in talks to acquire laundry detergent brand Safed
The deal is estimated to be Rs 70 crore, according to two people familiar with the transaction.
18 Oct, 2010, 12.26 AM IST
- Looking at the value of perception
Value perception in a market like India needs to be analysed taking into consideration product categories and brands that have been part of...
20 Aug, 2010, 02.02 AM IST
- Nirma closes in on US co
Nirma, the Gujarat-based Rs 2,500-crore consumer and industrial products company, is close to acquiring a US-based linear alkyl benzene (LA...
17 Jul, 2006, 02.56 AM IST