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Budget 2026: FMCG sector seeks sharper focus on infrastructure, supply chains, and techET Digital spoke to FMCG industry stakeholders and experts to assess progress on last year’s commitments and gauge expectations from the up...
Diwali cheer comes early for Indian middle class as Sitharaman announces GST 2.0Diwali arrives early for the Indian middle class. The GST Council reduces tax slabs to 5% and 18%. Food, essentials, and durables become ch...
Can Budget 2025 safeguard kirana stores from the quick commerce boom?Union Budget 2025: The rise of quick commerce platforms like Zepto and Blinkit in India is reshaping the retail landscape, especially impac...
India’s ‘swipe-up’ generation set to swipe right on festive deals, driving sales this seasonBrands in India are gearing up to tap into the spending power of Gen Z this festive season, with expectations for a significant boost in co...
At FMCG box office, rural to script summer blockbusterThis is in sharp contrast to the last two years, when fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies such as ITC, Dabur, Marico, Britannia, Pa...
Say hello to a new all-consuming IndiaIndia's consumption is now a combination of a sprinting top-tier that is approaching affluent economy levels, and a mass market that, too, ...
Budget 2023 should look at reviving consumption and maintaining sustainable growthCommodity fluctuations and increase in prices of key inputs continue to dampen private consumption with exports and domestic demand slightl...
Urban saw steady pace of growth, recovery in rural demand not as discernible due to elevated inflation - MaricoThe maker of Parachute and Saffola said its international business continued its healthy growth momentum with high single-digit constant cu...
Stock market watch: What to expect from the week ending June 25, 2021The short-term negative sentiments, created by the US Fed news, is expected to die down soon and the market focus will shift back to fundam...
Retail industry expects growth in second half of 2020While major players struggled to keep themselves on the growth chart in 2019, they expect a decent double-digit growth coming back in 2020....
Budget 2019: Why retail sector would like tradition to be nixedWith the Interim Budget 2019 around the corner, there is hope that new policy incentives will provide further impetus to the retail/consume...
Online petition against retirement tax goes viralBudget for 2016-17 seeks to impose a retirement tax at the time of final withdrawal on 60 per cent of contributions made after April 1, 201...
Budget 2016: Major relief in service tax likely for small businessThe announcement could be made in the budget. Finance minister Arun Jaitley will unveil the budget at the end of next month.
Budget 2015: FM Arun Jaitley may unveil Rs 2,000 crore ‘fund of funds’ to turbo-charge startups“A startup fund-of-funds will be most helpful in creating a robust seed funding ecosystem and fueling the much-needed innovation ecosystem,...
Newbie F&B companies embark on offbeat routes to reach consumersNewbie food and retail beverage cos are crafting innovative methods to reach consumers as they realise the need to master the art of distri...
Smokers cough up more than MRPUnlike most products that face excise duties, this is one item where prices start moving up even before a formal announcement is made in th...
Union Budget 2011: Retailers disappointed with no mention of FDI in retailThey, however, feel steps taken to boost agriculture in terms of providing subsidies to framers is a step in that direction.
- Budget may lay ground for FDI in multi-brand retail
Union budget 2011 may throw light on proposal which, if implemented, can tame prices, rectify supply chain shortfalls.
- Free home delivery will soon become history
Waning mall mania, rising demand help small retailers charge extra for delivering goods.
- Retailers to move court against service tax
Top retailers like Kishore Biyani and BS Nagesh among others had a meeting to initiate the course of action.