Insight Cosmetics is a makeup brand for the masses, established in the late 80s in Mumbai with just one product: sindoor. Today, the brand is present pan India, has around 350 SKUs and clocked Rs 73 crore turnover in FY 2019-20.
Mumbai: As people in India became more aware of personal and home hygiene due to the coronavirus pandemic, antiseptic soaps and cleaning liquid brands topped the advertising charts released by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC). As per its data for top brands and advertisers between 15 May and 21 May, 2021 (Week 20), Dettol Toilet Soaps led the chart with 555.13
The second surge is different. India Inc s profits won t survive the costs, variants
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The second surge is different. India Inc s profits won t survive the costs, variantsBy Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg
Last Updated: May 21, 2021, 07:06 AM IST
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During the second wave of infections, consumers are behaving differently. Although curbs on mobility have been fairly strict in metropolitan centers, prompting people to buy more essential supplies online, price inflation in personal care is collapsing.
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Lately, India has had very little to smile about. Something that
Lately, India has had very little to smile about. Something that Colgate-Palmolive Co.’s tepid growth in the world’s pandemic epicenter amply demonstrates. The toothpaste maker’s results this week offer a fresh look at a puzzle: the Indian stock market’s apparent disregard for the country’s worst humanitarian disaster in almost 75 years. Scientists are forecasting 1.2 million deaths by end-August, hospitals are running out of beds and oxygen, and bodies are being dumped in the Ganges river, yet the Nifty 50 index is trading at a price-to-earnings ratio of 31. Even after softening somewhat since February, valuations are still rich. In the Asia-Pacific region, only Australia, New Zealand and Singapore are more expensive.
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