Sebi planning incentives for funds houses to attract first-time women investors, chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey saysIndia's markets regulator plans to propose additional financial incentives for distributors and fund houses to enroll first-time women inve...
22 Aug, 2025, 07.37 PM IST
MSME loans going through ‘sachet sizing’: Lentra’s Ankur HandaThe company claims to have empowered banks to do business more intelligently while reducing both credit risk and turnaround time.
29 Oct, 2024, 11.02 AM IST
From sachetization to safarization: How to protect the options traderHUL's sachet revolutionized FMCG, but proliferation led to environmental concerns. F&O market, once exclusive, became accessible, leading t...
30 Sep, 2024, 10.47 AM IST
‘Sachet’ covers now guard against cyber fraudsters using AIA recent study by Deloitte said that India’s cyber insurance market worth $50–60 million in 2023 is expected to grow at an annual rate of 2...
14 Sep, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Fractional ownership in real estate via SM REITs: 5 important features retail investors must knowInvestors can now start investing in both residential and commercial properties through SM REITs with a minimum cheque size of Rs 10 lakh. ...
01 May, 2024, 01.08 PM IST
Micro-savings platform Siply acquires myPaisaa for $7.5 millionThe acquisition is expected to help Siply enhance its existing offerings through myPaisaa’s chit-fund distribution platform, enhance its cu...
07 Feb, 2023, 03.50 PM IST
Indians buying less despite more shopping trips; small packs seeing higher sales growth: Kantar reportConsumers made 142 trips to stores on average during the year ended April compared to 135 trips during 2020. However, they purchased 966 gr...
29 Jul, 2022, 12.31 AM IST
Passing on GST cut: National Anti-Profiteering Authority may not object to higher quantities over lower pricesFMCG cos that raised the quantity of their packaged products instead of reducing prices can breathe easy as NAPA will accept higher grammag...
16 Aug, 2018, 08.30 AM IST
Trai invites companies, app providers to set up pilot project of Wi-Fi hotspotsThe public wi-fi hotspots are proposed to be set up on the lines of yesteryear's PCOs that were used for making phone calls by public on pa...
08 Jul, 2017, 01.48 AM IST
Builders reduce apartment sizes to suit buyers' affordabilityWeakening sales and rising inventory levels in the backdrop of unaffordable housing prices are pushing realty developers to tweak their str...
29 Jul, 2015, 04.12 PM IST
Better medicine packaging can help lower infant mortality rateInfant dehydration due to diarrhoea results in 600,000 deaths annually in the developing world due to inappropriate or no treatment.
30 Jun, 2015, 05.04 PM IST
- Industry looks for biodegradable plastics for carry bags
With civic bodies banning the use of plastic carrybags, a packaging machinery maker suggested that this segment use biodegradable plastic
11 Jan, 2012, 10.55 PM IST
- Post plastic ban, gutka products to be costly
The cost of a single-use packet of gutka, pan masala and tobacco can be expected to increase appreciably from the 1 that it now costs, as t...
08 Feb, 2011, 04.07 AM IST
- Inflation: FMCG majors on a reinventing spree
Rising inflation is forcing FMCG majors to reposition their product lines to prevent consumer shift. Tips to beat inflation I War on inflat...
14 Jun, 2008, 09.00 AM IST
- The fifth P is getting more importance
The troika of convenience, safety and design rules supreme in any packaging decision these days.
28 Jul, 2007, 03.20 AM IST
- Sachets back in vogue for FMCGs
Leading FMCG firms are set to bring back the sachet culture as they realise the value delivered by small or single-serve packs.
17 Jul, 2007, 01.48 AM IST
- Goldman Sachs set to buy stake in Cremica for $15m
Goldman Sachs' private equity fund is in talks with the Ludhiana-based Cremica to pick up an equity stake for around $15m.
22 Jul, 2006, 12.00 AM IST