Pet Theory

For years, CavinKare Pvt. Ltd's C.K. Ranganathan, whose company once threatened consumer products heavyweight Hindustan Unilever Ltd's (HUL's) dominance with low-cost offerings from whitening creams to shampoos, resisted pitches from private equity ...

The largest overseas bet on Indian consumers is spurring speculation that companies from Nestle SA (NESN) to Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL) will pursue more deals in a nation where household income is forecast to triple this decade. Foreign bids for ...

(Times of India Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) In the past six months, 30-year-old Rajesh Prabhu has gone from considering buying a new flat to mulling the idea of moving back in with his retired parents. In that time, the software engineer by training ...

Section: News Category: Marketing The brand aims for the breakfast table to gain volume in a category that competes with ice creams and dahi. There is an unlikely contender in the breakfast ready-to-eat market. Cocoberry, the first Indian premium ...

Food giant Unilever announced a $5.4-billion offer to raise its stake in its Indian subsidiary, eyeing explosive sales of branded consumer items to the Asian country's growing middle class. The Anglo-Dutch firm made an offer to buy another 22.5 ...

Started in 2001 Initial investment Rs 12 lakh Revenue fy12 Rs 36 crore Percentage of revenue from private labels 33 *** I can do a blind tasting and tell you the tomato ketchup brand, says Vijay C, director of Bengaluru-based Indira Foods.

Great Value is the largest private brand at Walmart. Grocery products from Great Value, with brands such as Equate (pharmacy), Mainstay (low-cost furniture and bedding), OlRoy (dog food), Dr Thunder (soft drink) and Parent's Choice (baby products) ...

NEW INDIAN THEME PARK TARGETS GROWING MIDDLE-CLASS THEME PARKS - ATTRACTIONS - ENTERTAINMENT - MEDIA - OPENINGS India's latest and most elaborate theme park has opened, featuring special-effect Hindu gods and Bollywood-themed rides, aiming to tap a ...

rs at KFC outlets across the country have been getting a surprise - there is a new, 10-item, low-price menu on offer. Its highlight is the 'Potato Krisper', a vegetarian burger costing Rs 25, where the fried patty within consists almost entirely of ...