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After Patanjali, existing FMCG players may face challenge from Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Sri Sri Ayurveda
After Patanjali, existing FMCG players may face challenge from Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Sri Sri Ayurveda - Economic Times
Established in 2003, SSA has products across categories such as breakfast cereals, health drinks, oil, spices, personal care, oral care, cookies and ready-to-cook items.



Ensure a credible clean-up in Kodaikanal
The settlement in the Kodaikanal mercury poisoning case, which came to light 15 years ago after the release of contaminated waste materials into the environment, brings partial closure to a long-runn



Straight from the B-schools: Here's how an executive MBA degree may catapult your career
Straight from the B-schools: Here's how an executive MBA degree may catapult your career - Economic Times
Institute sources said offers for these senior roles are coming in from across sectors, with salaries at the upper end crossing the Rs 1 crore-mark.



Nifty struggles below 7500, Sensex down over 200 pts; FMCG tanks
Nifty struggles below 7500, Sensex down over 200 pts; FMCG tanks - Moneycontrol.com
The Indian benchmark 10-year bond yield slumped to a near five-month low on Tuesday after data showing headline retail inflation eased in February gave rise to expectations for a cut in the central bank's key policy rate next month...



Making India GI brand conscious
Making India GI brand conscious - The Hindu
One of the objectives of the

Over 68% of milk in India does not conform to standards
Over 68% of milk in India does not conform to standards
Over 68 per cent of milk in country does not conform to standards laid down by food regulator and most common adulterant found in it is detergent.



Kanika Kalra quits Hindustan Lever; to join Snapdeal

Kalra who is the brand director for HUL

Mondelez to ride on Batman v/s Superman
The company has initiated a tie-up with Warner Bros for its latest film Batman v/s Superman and plans to continue working with Hollywood & Bollywood studios in the future.



Patanjali on track to hit $1 billion sales in FY17
Patanjali on track to hit $1 billion sales in FY17 - Economic Times
Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved to record $1bn sales next year




Dabur Honitus, Patanjali cough syrup may gain from govt drug ban
Dabur Honitus, Patanjali cough syrup may gain from govt drug ban - Hindustan Times
The recent ban on around 350 fixed-dose combination drugs may benefit herbal and non-codeine products. Be ready for a brand war.



Ban on use of plastic hits food delivery businesses in Bengaluru
Ban on use of plastic hits food delivery businesses in Bengaluru
On March 11, the government notified the ban. However, it is not the ban as such but the sudden announcement and the lack of time to shift that is bothering businesses.



Food processing industry should make maximum use of solar energy: Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
Food processing industry should make maximum use of solar energy: Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti - News
The growth of this industry is very essential for farmers and therefore it also plays very important role in rural development, MoS for Food Processing said.



Dutch beer giant Heineken appoints JM Financial to help increase stake in United Breweries
Dutch beer giant Heineken appoints JM Financial to help increase stake in United Breweries - Economic Times
Mallya, his family members and associate companies together own 32.89% of the company and 47.68% of that is pledged, according to data sourced from BSE.



Look what's at your doorstep
Look what's at your doorstep - The Hindu
There are a hundred things you have to do. There are the professional commitments, bills to be paid, planning that dinner party, catering to your family

Marico relaunches Set Wet deodorants with Ranveer Singh
Marico relaunches Set Wet deodorants with Ranveer Singh
Set Wet was acquired by British consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser in 2010 before landing up with Marico in 2012.



Brand Patanjali driving buzz on social media
Brand Patanjali driving buzz on social media - The Economic Times - Economic Times
A lot of buzz was observed around Patanjali becoming a strong threat in terms of market share to rival MNCs such as Colgate, HUL, ITC and Emami, in the FMCG space.



Heineken may ask Vijay Mallya to step down from board of United Breweries
Heineken may ask Vijay Mallya to step down from board of United Breweries - Economic Times
A Heineken spokesman declined to comment on any move to tighten control over the Indian joint venture, but said India remains an "exciting opportunity".



Hindustan Unilever sells rice biz at 49% discount to Daawat maker
Hindustan Unilever sells rice biz at 49% discount to Daawat maker - Times of India
The decision to sell these units is in line with HUL

Eveready to restructure tea biz, open for FMCG tie-up
Eveready to restructure tea biz, open for FMCG tie-up
"Packet tea will be a key driver. We are working on it and in the couple of months, we will able to share a clearer picture on our plans," Eveready vice-chairman Aditya Khaitan said.



Hindustan Unilever to sell rice exports business to LT Foods
Hindustan Unilever to sell rice exports business to LT Foods
The deal transfers inventory along with two rice brands - Gold Seal Indus Valley and Rozana - to LT Foods' Middle East arm.




Indians maybe shy but feel comfortable shopping for sex products online
Indians maybe shy but feel comfortable shopping for sex products online - Hindustan Times
When it came to purchasing other products, male performance and women

Global Basmati Rice Market Analysis, Research, Growth, Trends and Industry Outlook 2016
Global Basmati Rice Market Analysis, Research, Growth, Trends and Industry Outlook 2016 - EconoTimes
Albany, NY, March 17, 2016 -- The report consists of primary and secondary research perused and dissected by experienced industry analysts, supplemented by expert opinions. This provides a detailed look into the...



P&G to resume sale of Vicks Action 500 Extra, Phensedyl after Delhi HC stays govt's ban
P&G to resume sale of Vicks Action 500 Extra, Phensedyl after Delhi HC stays govt's ban - Firstpost
P&G and Abbott will resume sales of Vicks Action 500 Extra and Phensedyl, respectively after Delhi HC stayed government's ban on sale.



Decline in rural consumption pinches FMCG companies
Decline in rural consumption pinches FMCG companies
The agri sector has grown by only 1.6% in the first 4 years of the 12th Five-Year Plan due to deficient rains. The growth target set by the govt is 4%.



US-based Proteus Trades Commodities brings Pitbull endorsed Voli Vodka to India
US-based Proteus Trades Commodities brings Pitbull endorsed Voli Vodka to India - Economic Times
Two variants of Voli Vodka will be available starting from May 2016 through retail outlets in the country. Proteus expects to generate around $100 million through the sales of Voli vodka.




Baba Ramdev's Patanjali leaves Ayurveda 'pioneers' like Baidyanath and Vicco behind
Baba Ramdev's Patanjali leaves Ayurveda 'pioneers' like Baidyanath and Vicco behind - News
Kolkata-based Baidyanath, which sells nearly 750 products, meanwhile, says it has no ambition to rival Patanjali, Dabur or Himalaya in the core FMCG segments.



Rural consumption-driven stocks rally after budget; gains here to stay
Rural consumption-driven stocks rally after budget; gains here to stay - Livemint
Key beneficiaries from expected boost to rural consumption are Hero MotoCorp, M&M, HUL, ITC, Shriram Transport Finance, Jain Irrigation, among others



Coca-Cola gives voluntary retirement scheme to 65 employees at HCCB bottling plant
Coca-Cola gives voluntary retirement scheme to 65 employees at HCCB bottling plant
This is possibly the largest number of employees that Coca-Cola has let go of in the country at any one given time, though the company did not confirm it.



Babas join queue to ape Patanjali: Sri Sri draws plan to fire up FMCG
Babas join queue to ape Patanjali: Sri Sri draws plan to fire up FMCG - Economic Times
According to a report, there is 'renewed aggression' in the market by Sri Sri Ayurveda (SSA) of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living after the success of Baba Ramdev's Patanjali brand of products.



Maggi ban to hit Nestle show in Asia, Oceania and sub-Saharan Africa regions
Maggi ban to hit Nestle show in Asia, Oceania and sub-Saharan Africa regions
Nestle SA global chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe and CEO Paul Bulcke maintained that the trust of consumers 'is a non-negotiable priority for our company,'.



I don't want to be big for sake of it: Glaxosmithkline CFO Simon Dingemans
I don't want to be big for sake of it: Glaxosmithkline CFO Simon Dingemans - Economic Times
Tipped as a possible successor to CEO Andrew Witty, Dingemans spoke to ET in Mumbai during his recent trip on plans for India.




Pepsico launches new hydration drink
Pepsico launches new hydration drink - The Hindu - The Hindu
Pepsico India launched its new beverage, a hydration drink called 7Up Revive, for

Small packs at affordable prices will be a big growth driver: Venkatesh Kini, President, Coca-Cola India
Small packs at affordable prices will be a big growth driver: Venkatesh Kini, President, Coca-Cola India - Daily News Analysis
Small packs at affordable prices will be a big growth driver: Venkatesh Kini, President, Coca-Cola India - Venkatesh Kini, president, Coca-Cola India and South West Asia speaks about the company's product portfolio, consumption behaviour, distribution, new products, expansion etc.



Why Monsanto's Biotech-Food Business Isn't Growing in India
Why Monsanto's Biotech-Food Business Isn't Growing in India - Wall Street Journal
After a promising start more than a decade ago, Monsanto

Himalaya eyes doubling men's facewash market share to 12 percent ...
Himalaya eyes doubling men's facewash market share to 12 percent ... - Economic Times
Herbal health and personal care firm Himalaya Drug Company is betting big on the male grooming segment and expects to double its market share.



Process to select best teas in South India begins
Process to select best teas in South India begins
About 155 entries from 52 tea growing estates were screened at the first level of the 12th Golden Leaf India Awards.



India discussing oil-for-food scheme with Middle East nations | ET Auto
India discussing oil-for-food scheme with Middle East nations | ET Auto - ETAuto.com
India needs large amount of crude oil for meeting its energy needs while the Middle East countries are short in food production.



Future Group open to selling Ravi Shankar's Sri Sri Ayurveda products
Future Group open to selling Ravi Shankar's Sri Sri Ayurveda products - Economic Times
Future Group today said it is open for selling ayurvedic FMCG products of Sri Sri Ayurveda promoted by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar of Art of Living.



Sree Vijaykumar
Sree Vijaykumar
From the Editor's Desk
This has been a good week. Parliament has passed 7 bills, including the Real Estate bill and the Aadhaar bill. Bills indicate intent, the action still has to happen on the ground. Action of the kind taken by Temsutula Imsong, who is cleaning up Varanasi, one ghat at a time. Temsutula is co-founder of Sakaar Sewa Samiti, a non-profit involved in rural development. It's people like her and her army of volunteers who are turning words into action, rather than the local government, which dumps the garbage across the river whenever a VIP arrives. The citizens of India are waking up to the consistent calls to action from the top, it's time the government machinery woke up too - Comment


Sree Vijaykumar
Sree Vijaykumar
From the Editor's Desk
Godmen like Baba Ramdev use corporate smarts to combine knowledge of something real like Yoga or Meditation (Sri Sri Ravi Shankar), with the fears and insecurities of the masses to create multi-million dollar organizations. Their popularity can get chief ministers (or even the prime minister) to endorse them. They sell everything from noodles to a medicinal herb that promotes fertility (its ancient name, which means "son's life seed", hints unethically at particular effectiveness in spawning male offspring). They are seeking corporate-style synergies between religious messaging, personal celebrity, commercial success and political influence. Welcome to 21st-century spiritual entrepreneurship! More in this Economist article - Comment


Sree Vijaykumar
Sree Vijaykumar
From the Editor's Desk
One can evaluate the Kingfisher mess through two lenses - a business lens and a human lens. In the case of Vijay Mallya, it is extremely difficult to separate the two, because his personality and the Kingfisher brand have been intertwined for so long. He used the media attention to his business's advantage when times were good. Unfortunately, for him now, this means a trial by media, when things are down. The business issue is one of loan default and companies ranging from SBI to GMR are now filing cases against Kingfisher. The law should take its own course here. The fact that there are bigger defaulters who have not been brought to justice does not hold ground as an excuse to go easy on Kingfisher. Through a human (and moral) lens, throwing a birthday bash with 600 guests, when your employees have not been paid a salary for more than a year is something that is very tough to reconcile. The Indian business fraternity seems divided on their reaction to this situation. - Comment


Sree Vijaykumar
Sree Vijaykumar
From the Editor's Desk
Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, economist and professor at Columbia University, suggests that American inequality didn't just happen; it was created (and is getting worse). In this excerpt from his book, he says that those at the top have learned how to suck out money from the rest in ways that the rest are hardly aware of - that is their true innovation. Many of the individuals at the top of the wealth distribution are, in one way or another, geniuses at business (rather than science or technology, which are what truly drive human progress). Steve Jobs was number 110 on the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest billionaires before his death, and Mark Zuckerberg was 52. But many of these "geniuses" built their business empires on the shoulders of giants, such as Tim Berners- Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, who has never appeared on the Forbes list. Berners-Lee could have become a billionaire but chose not to - he made his idea available freely, which greatly speeded up the development of the Internet. Indian inequality is even worse and has additional dimensions such as crony capitalism and caste/class based discrimination, where the powerful reinforce the inequality to stay wealthy at the expense of the poor - Comment


Gujarat's eight brands most trusted in India
Gujarat's eight brands most trusted in India
Amul continues to be the leader in dairy diversified category of Food & Beverages (F&B) business. It is the only reigning brand in the butter sub-category.



FMCG, realty stocks make for better play: Yogesh Mehta, Motilal Oswal Securities
FMCG, realty stocks make for better play: Yogesh Mehta, Motilal Oswal Securities - Economic Times
Even a single digit growth of 6-7 per cent on a large scale on Hindustan Lever seems to be better from here on



P G India may challenge government ban on Vicks Action 500 Extra
P G India may challenge government ban on Vicks Action 500 Extra - Livemint
Consumer goods major Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Healthcare has discontinued manufacture and sale of Vicks Action 500 Extra following a ban by the central government on 344 fixed-dose combination drugs. In a filing to the stock exchanges on



Amway teams up with Microsoft for digitally-enabled experience centres in India
Amway India partners with Microsoft to launch its first digitally enabled Experience Centre in Bengaluru



Keen to operationalise all 42 food parks in 30 months: Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Keen to operationalise all 42 food parks in 30 months: Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Government is keen to make all 42 mega food parks operational in next 30 months with an entailing investment of over Rs 12,000 crore.



Providing Basmati, pulses through PDS not feasible: Paswan
Basmati rice cannot be added to the list of 22 food items under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA), and it was also not feasible for the central government to provide pulses through the Public Distribution System (PDS), union Food Minister Ram



Buy Dabur India with a target of Rs 265: Mitesh Thacker
Buy Dabur India with a target of Rs 265: Mitesh Thacker - Economic Times
Buy ?Dabur India Ltd with a target of Rs 265 and a stop loss of Rs 247.



Government to pass on benefit to consumers if oil prices rise
Government to pass on benefit to consumers if oil prices rise - Economic Times
The minister said there have been allegations that the government is keeping the money earned through excise duty in the treasury, which is "half truth".



'Pepsi may bring brands to India to counter Coke Zero' | Hindustan Times
'Pepsi may bring brands to India to counter Coke Zero' | Hindustan Times
Looking to boost volumes with the onset of summer, beverages and snacks major PespsiCo India today launched a new mini can version of its Pepsi soft drinks brand targeting 'aspirational class' consumers.




Pepsi goes for mini cans to push sales
Pepsi goes for mini cans to push sales - Livemint
Pepsi launches mini-cans of 150ml priced at Rs15; Coca-Cola Co. also has rolled out 180ml cans of Coca-Cola and Thums up priced at Rs20 in select outlets



Babas jump on FMCG bandwagon | Business Standard News
Babas jump on FMCG bandwagon | Business Standard News - Business Standard
Ravi Shankar mulls taking his products, available at 600 outlets, to 2,500 stores by 2017; others have plans, too



PepsiCo launches new can for 'aspirational class' consumers
PepsiCo launches new can for 'aspirational class' consumers
PespsiCo India today launched a new mini can version of its Pepsi softdrinks brand targeting 'aspirational class' consumers.



Sri Sri Ravi Shankar vs Baba Ramdev: the new consumer product war?- Livemint
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar vs Baba Ramdev: the new consumer product war?- Livemint
Sri Sri Ayurveda first started selling products in 2003, but its expansion comes at a time when Patanjali Ayurved

Non-basmati prices slide on muted demand
Non-basmati prices slide on muted demand - Business Standard
Non-basmati rice prices eased by upto Rs 100 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today owing to slackened demand. However, other grains moved in a narrow range on little doing. Traders said sluggish demand against sufficient stocks position



Sree Vijaykumar
Sree Vijaykumar
From the Editor's Desk
They are boring. They are useless. Everyone hates them, so why can't we stop having meetings? This New York Times article explores this issue. You can make a whole career of planning, holding and attending meetings and never dare contemplate the possibility of your being exempt. They can't be avoided, but maybe they can be made bearable. Perhaps Paul Graham's prescription for the only kind of "allowable meeting" is a starting point. "There are no more than four or five participants, and they know and trust one another. They go rapidly through a list of open questions while doing something else, like eating lunch. There are no presentations. No one is trying to impress anyone. They are all eager to leave and get back to work." - Comment


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