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TopicFMCG products

Topic: FMCG products

As Indians buy cheaper products, smaller packs, FMCG sector takes a hit

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

India’s millet millionaires are powering a food revolution with bajra bars, sorghum noodles

A growing ecosystem of entrepreneurs, evangelists, and incubators is pushing hard to make millets trendy, tasty, and thrifty. Hyderabad is leading the way.

‘Not sure how GDP numbers coming’: Asian Paints CEO points to disconnect with sectoral performance

At a time when the government expects the economy to have grown 8% in 2023-24, FMCG companies are struggling to lift sales above low single-digits.

You’re not imagining it, Maggi to Vim bar—FMCGs are getting smaller. Shrinkflation is here

The chips, cola, detergent and namkeen you’re buying are getting more expensive. You’re just not noticing it, thanks to shrinkflation.

‘Washing powder Nirma, washing powder Nirma’: A simple jingle that became earworm for millions

Even today, the jingle is so popular that people automatically associate the words 'washing powder' with Nirma. Memes based on it are a staple of the internet.

Off The Cuff with Harsh Mariwala & Prof. Ram Charan

Harsh Mariwala, Founder and Chairman, Marico and Prof Ram Charan, Business Guru and Author, are our guests in this latest edition of ThePrint's Off...

Ayurveda, FMCG, Covid, controversy — Baba Ramdev and the Patanjali school of marketing

The reaction to Ramdev’s launch of Coronil, which claims to be a ‘cure’ for Covid-19, would be a nightmare for any other company. Not Patanjali, though.

Consumption has long propped up India’s economy, so its decline is cause for alarm

The macroeconomy appears sombre because of old difficulties like financing and investment, and new ones like consumption demand.

Ramdev’s Patanjali rejects slowdown report, claims demand of its products exceeds supply

CEO Balkrishna says new plants of the firm will ramp up production capacity to Rs 60,000 crore from the current Rs 35,000 crore.

From Google Hangouts to a swadeshi ‘WhatsApp’, this techie is behind Patanjali’s Kimbho

US-based software engineer and former Google techie Aditi Kamal is the brain behind Baba Ramdev-promoted swadeshi messaging app Kimbho.

On Camera

Tamil Nadu’s elections are fought on delivery—ideology appears only when needed

Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.