Lower GST, higher bills: Salons and fitness centres raise prices despite tax reliefSalons, gyms and yoga clubs have increased prices by 10-20% despite a GST rate reduction. This is due to the withdrawal of input tax credit...
23 Oct, 2025, 09.28 AM IST
FMCG distributors allege deep discounting by quick commerce firms with CCIBlinkit, Zepto and Swiggy Instamart are the companies that have been taken to the CCI. The All India Consumer Products Distributors Federat...
06 Mar, 2025, 08.37 PM IST
Apple Watch import ban goes into effect in US patent clashThe United States International Trade Commission (ITC) decided in October to ban Apple Watch models over a patented technology for detectin...
26 Dec, 2023, 09.22 PM IST
Biscuit Blunder: How 1 biscuit cost FMCG behemoth ITC Rs 1 lakhITC has been ordered by a consumer court in Chennai to compensate a consumer with Rs 1 lakh due to a missing biscuit in a pack of "Sun Feas...
06 Sep, 2023, 02.44 PM IST
Tata Play guilty of profiteering ₹450 cr: NAAThe NAA said Tata Play earned the amount by not passing on input tax credit (ITC) benefits to the customers after the introduction of goods...
09 Sep, 2022, 12.10 AM IST
ASCI teams up with companies for study on responsible portrayal of women in advertisements“The portrayal of women in advertising has been the subject of much debate. We want to bring out insights that advertisers can tap into for...
26 Mar, 2021, 08.36 AM IST
Amid Covid-19 outbreak sudden price hikes under the scannerIn the last few weeks several government departments including the Legal Metrology department has received several complaints about a sudde...
24 Mar, 2020, 12.01 AM IST
Jubilant FoodWorks slips 6% after NAA fineThe company has been asked to deposit the amount with the government.
05 Feb, 2019, 03.57 PM IST
Anti-profiteering authority seeks inputs from Airtel, Indigo on GST benefitsTaking suo-moto cognisance, the Authority has asked the market leaders in the telecom and aviation sectors to calculate the input tax credi...
30 Jul, 2018, 03.18 PM IST
ITC mitigates input cost impact on packaged foods; emerges leader in potato chips in SouthThe Kolkata-based conglomerate with interests in cigarette, FMCG, hospitality and agri-business, said it is one the fastest growing branded...
16 May, 2018, 08.23 PM IST
ITC to file 3rd FIR in Delhi against videos on plastic in 'Aashirvaad Atta'We are now in the process to file another FIR in Delhi in coming few days, said ITC Divisional Chief Executive (Foods) Hemant Malik.
16 Mar, 2018, 01.38 PM IST
ITC's Aashirvaad becomes Rs 4,000 cr brand, forays into new segmentsThe company as part of its expansion plans is also expanding brand Aashirvaad into new segments as milk and ghee in the dairy category, bes...
06 Mar, 2018, 07.12 PM IST
Pass on rate cut benefits immediately, companies tell tradersPacks with lower price tags will take 2-4 weeks to reach stores, but top FMCG cos want trade channels to effect GST rate revision immediate...
18 Nov, 2017, 10.30 AM IST
Patanjali rapped for misleading hair oil, other advertisementsASCI has rapped Patanjali Ayurved for "false and misleading" claims in its various advertisements, including for its hair oil and washing p...
26 May, 2016, 05.59 PM IST
ASCI upholds 80 complaints against misleading adsCCC found claim by Reliance Communications as "misleading by exaggeration" after it failed to substantiate its claim of "India's finest 3G ...
09 May, 2016, 08.42 PM IST
ITC, Nestle, Amul and other food companies hit consumer-connect buttonFood companies, starting from ITC and Nestle to Mother Dairy and Amul, have finally started consumer engagement exercises.
29 Aug, 2015, 12.07 PM IST
Bose sues Beats over headphone noise-cancellation patentsBose said it began developing its noise-cancelling technology almost four decades ago and started selling its QuietComfort headphones in 20...
28 Jul, 2014, 05.51 AM IST