Companies selling both essentials and non-essentials said they are completely prepared to replenish stock even if there is any pantry loadi...

Volume, which normally accounts for more than two-thirds of FMCG growth, expanded 5% or about a third of the overall growth, indicating tha...

Data also showed, however, that some green shoots are visible in January, especially for staples, as consumers have been pantry-loading fir...

Increasing retail demand, in turn, has boosted primary sales (companies to trade) by 10-15%, reversing the trend during the December quarte...

Companies such as Parle Products, Dabur India and ITC, which are already facing inflationary pressures on inputs, are keeping extra stock o...

“Since April, there has been a gradual sales increase every month and June saw robust demand and recovery,” said Krishnarao Buddha, senior ...

The April-June quarter, impacted by second COVID-19 wave, was one of the "toughest" quarters to manage for Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL...

Major indices have edged in and out of positive territory all week in a period with few major earnings reports or economic data.

The maker of Good Day and Tiger biscuits said demand for essentials which were at elevated levels at the beginning of the year due to pantr...

Rural India continues to deliver higher consumption trends than normal, says Marico MD.

According to Nielsen, sales in urban markets reached 86-93% (7-14% decline) of pre-pandemic levels in August, compared to rural areas, wher...

Operating profit of the country's biggest retailer by revenue almost halved in the quarter, as its fixed cost remained almost similar to th...

Even if there was no deflation, we have to take some pricing calls given the lower disposable income in consumer hands.

Biscuits are India’s largest consumer product segment.

"There are two big trends emerging. One is the relevance of the humble grocer and people have realised that they are so close to you… proxi...

Basically, consumers are mostly not ‘pantry loading’ for a whole month — that is, making household purchases for the entire month, which is...

Five new trains are at the centre of Modi's ambitious project to transform Indian Railways. The project is important for Modi due to its hu...