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TopicConsumer spending

Topic: Consumer spending

‘Pragmarketism’ — new book offers insights on how to win the many kinds of desi consumers

Trupti & Arvind Bhandari's book, published by HarperCollins India, is due to be released on 22 September on SoftCover, ThePrint’s e-venue to launch select non-fiction books.

E-commerce saw 17% growth post lockdown, driven by demand in tier 3 cities, says report

Sectors such as electronics & home appliances, fashion & accessories, health & pharma and FMCG saw an average growth of 133 per cent, says the report by Unicommerce.

IIP contracts by record 55% in April due to lockdown, but Modi govt says data not comparable

The data showed manufacturing contracted by 64 per cent in April, followed by mining at 27 per cent and electricity by 26 per cent.

Consumers won’t help India’s economic recovery, but their savings will

Rising savings during the nationwide lockdown will help in curtailing India’s current account deficit and increase govt borrowing, according to HSBC Holdings Plc.

This season’s heavy rains & cash handouts to farmers can revive demand, says BNP Paribas

BNP’s outlook also relies on the RBI’s consumer confidence survey that indicated consumers are looking to reduce non-essential spending.

Tata’s Taj hotel chain to sell assets to trim debt as consumer spending slackens

Indian Hotels Co., Tata’s listed firm that operates the Taj brand, plans to dispose of certain budget inns in non-metro areas and lease them back for a fee.

On Camera

Age-gap romances are tricky in India. Here’s how Bollywood navigates them

Cheeni Kum challenged many conventions. It didn’t shy away from addressing concerns of a man in his sixties, from ‘keeping up’ with his much younger partner.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.