Why should one be careful of the market at this juncture? One reason is that stocks are still not cheap. Even after all the nervousness of ...

A piece of advice for those who still have the stomach to invest in the current volatile market. Don’t take any price action as the gospel ...

In times like these, the market will have its green and red days. What matters, however, is not the colour of a single day, but the things ...

What is needed in the markets these days is realism. Not fear or gloom, but a clear-eyed acceptance of where things actually stand. Realism...

The coming earnings season will reflect the impact of the bad monsoon, higher oil prices, and, in pockets, higher inflation. Given that, in...

There are times when a watchlist is more important than a buy list. But if you still insist on putting money in the market, look at fundame...

In the stock market, when a big theme or sectoral trend takes off, most investors focus on the face of it. A brand with which they can rela...

Investing, a wise man once said, is a journey; one that needs to be managed carefully. Remember two things: One, there is never a “perfect ...

Industry experts are surprised that detergents and cosmetics remain under the 18% GST slab despite the govt's restructuring aimed at boosti...

Consumer NZ's recent testing reveals that some popular laundry detergents perform no better than plain water, leaving consumers disappointe...

India's Nirma, known for its washing detergent, is seeking to expand into the pharma sector by becoming the leading contender to buy Glenma...

Surf, 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...

HUL's new laundry brand launch is reminiscent of its introduction of Wheel detergent in 1988 to take on Nirma.

In 2016, listed laundry behemoths Hindustan Unilever and Procter & Gamble either lost market share to regional and local brands or showed s...

In India and across the world the washing powder business has been full of such twists. ET presents a brief and interestingly unclean histo...

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has kicked in a phase of price increases in laundry, a segment where margins had clearly bottomed out.

Prices of detergents could go up by 10-12 % if an anti-dumping duty is imposed, as companies operate on very thin margins.