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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The status quo on taxes on cigarettes over the last four years has seen their sales drive the company’s profits, outstripping the contribution of its FMCG business.
The top question on everyone’s mind is whether ITC will pip Hindustan Unilever's valuation yet again. Despite a visible slowdown in the earnings of consumer goods companies, analysts are bullish on the cigarette maker, which has for years tried to push its FMCG business. Is their call misplaced?
Even a year ago, the question would have sounded absurd. There seemed little chance that ITC, which made 80% of its profits from cigarettes, was ever going to go past HUL, the leading consumer goods company, after having lost its top slot to it in 2018. A year ago, ITC was valued …
Colgate ties up with 100Days.co to scale Palmolive online. But the long overlooked brand may need more than a digital push.
Investors expect the FMCG major to get back on the growth track in the quarters ahead, but protecting margins at the same time could be tough.
The FMCG major acquired the maker of Ching’s Secret to make the most of its high margins, but things didn’t go to plan. Two years and a few lessons later, TCPL is trying to change that.
