COVID-19

Diversified FMCG major Mother Dairy foresees business revival as the demand contraction triggered due to COVID-19 pandemic weans-off. Talking to IANS, Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable's Managing Director Sangram Chaudhary not only disclosed an upbeat sense of demand revival but...

The middle and rural India, which quickly recovered and bounced back to pre-COVID-19 level, is driving the ‘strategic priorities’ of the FMCG companies, according to market research firm Nielsen. Nielsen defines middle India as urban but towns with population of...

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered restrictions on cinema exhibition industry have not only been a blow to movie lovers but more worryingly, led to the axing of several thousand cinema hall employees. Cinema halls and multiplexes have been kept under...

The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down Swedish furniture retailer IKEA's expansion plans in India but the company is adjusting to the new reality while continuing to bet on the country as one of its ‘very important markets’, according to...

E-commerce giants Flipkart and Amazon have expanded the number of sellers on their platforms and ramped up selection in the furniture category as they gear up to compete in the upcoming festive season. According to a PTI report; Walmart-owned Flipkart...

Homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart on Friday said it has onboarded over 13,000 kiranas in the eastern region to make faster deliveries to customers ahead of the festive season. The company also said this is part of a programme to onboard...

As companies from Reliance to Amazon put their top dollar in serving daily grocery at your doorstep, a new report said on Friday that online grocery is going to be the next battleground for growth, expanding to over US$...

With the record-setting coronovirus caseload creating more uncertainty about jobs and economic recovery, nine in ten people polled in the country are worried and cautious about spending going forwards, says a survey. According to a global survey by British lender...

With the aim of offering products with better taste and best quality ingredients in affordable price for mass segment of the society, leading FMCG player Bonn Group of Industries added a new range of tiffin cakes in their elaborative...

A new JP Morgan report has cited Sanjiv Mehta, Chief of Hindustan Unilever and Hari Menon, Co-founder & CEO, BigBasket, saying that COVID-19 has caused unparalleled disruption in the India story of online grocery penetration. Forced consumer trials, leading...