Consumer goods
Patanjali doubles turnover to Rs10,561 crore, to double sales in FY18
05 May 2017
The Haridwar-based company, which doubled FY17 revenues from around Rs5,000 crore in fiscal 2015-16 to Rs10,561 crore in FY17, now hopes to cross Rs20,000-25,000 crore in sales this financial year
HUL may shed up to 15% jobs as Unilever restructures: report
07 Apr 2017
Hindustan Unilever Ltd employs about 18,000 people across factories and offices in India and a 10-15 per cent reduction in jobs would lead to 1,800 to 2,700 job cuts
Patanjali looks East, plans to enter Chinese market
16 Mar 2017
After flooding the local market with a wide range of consumer products and fending-off aggressive marketing tactics by multinational FMCG giants, Patanjali is now looking to go global
Indian consumer goods sector could grow 9-17% over 3 years: study
09 Mar 2017
India is at the cusp of the FMCG 'S-curve', with significant room to grow over the next 5 to 10 years – but the winning brands will be those that achieve greater household penetration, a CII-Bain & Co report says
Patanjali the most disruptive brand of 2016, says study
31 Dec 2016
Patanjali Ayurved with its generic products has turned out to be the most disruptive force in the fast moving consumer goods market in India in 2016, with projected sales of Rs68,000 crore by 2020
Samsung wins US Supreme Court appeal in $399 mn damages payment to Apple
07 Dec 2016
The apex court held that since the alleged copying of designs involved only parts of the product, the patent violator need not pay the entire profit from the sale of the product as damages
Patanjali CEO Balakrishna ahead of Ruias, Nusli Wadia in rich list
14 Sep 2016
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev is only the face of Patanjali, the fastest growing FMCG brand in the country, as 94 per cent of the brand is owned by its chief executive Acharya Balakrishna