This is the first time the $4-billion (Rs 21,600-crore) Godrej Group has a brand ambassador for its corporate campaign, though it has used celebrities to endorse individual products such as Godrej Eon (Preity Zinta) and Cinthol (Virat Kohli now, Hrithik Roshan earlier).
Vivek Gambhir revels in his two-city life between the Godrej-owned flagship in Mumbai and his own family in New Delhi.
Godrej Industries Ltd's foods division, the manufacturer of Sofit Soymilk, along with the Indian Medical Association and the American Soybean Association, conducted a seminar on the health benefits of soy titled 'Soy Milk Nutritional Health'.
Godrej group Chairman Adi Godrej describes in an interview to Viveat Susan Pinto the way forward for the conglomerate after the implementation of the GST.
The sector has been going through a slowdown.
'I get enormous pleasure from seeing the uplift of an underprivileged or poor person.' 'I feel elated when I walk on the street and see someone who pushes a handcart talking on a cell phone.' A revealing glimpse from Peter Casey's The Story of Tata: 1968 to 2021.
Betting big on a range of new products, including commercial refrigeration, high-end televisions, cooking and food processing appliances, Godrej Appliances is targeting a turnover of Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) for 2008-09 against Rs 1,400 crore (Rs 14 billion) in the current financial year.
Godrej Properties, is on the horizon as it unlocks value in its high-value Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) project.
The company has started using a new composite material for manufacturing refrigerators which will subsequently be rolled out to other product lines. The company has also done away with its regular corrugated boxes for packaging to incorporate stretch-hood film packaging and shrink wrapping. Stretch-hood packaging boasts of benefits such as better load stability, flexible adaptation to load height, width and depth and weather protection (rain, dirt and dust-proof).
Godrej appliances is targeting to become the third largest player in the air conditioner market.
The company is also looking at a turnover of Rs 4,500 crore this financial year, of which the appliances division is expected to contribute close to Rs 1,400 crore.
The company has been doing well -- it gained market share in both the soaps and hair colour categories in the March 2009 quarter, which pushed up revenues by 26 per cent. Even after that soaps continue to do well as does the hair colour segment where the company is understood to have added market share in April and May. The Street probably also has high expectations of the new managing director.
Mumbai-based developers Macrotech Developers (Lodha) and Oberoi Realty have emerged as top gainers among largecap realty stocks over the past month, with gains ranging from 29 per cent to 33 per cent. Strong ongoing sales trends in Mumbai's core market, record bookings in the January-March quarter, and healthy guidance for 2024-25 (FY25) have propelled these companies, which derive the majority of their revenues from India's financial capital.
He was colourful. He was dramatic. He was The Master of His Craft. There never will be an editor as versatile as Pritish Nandy, notes Nikhil Lakshman.
Framing the next chapter in Swiggy's journey as a responsible corporate citizen, co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Sriharsha Majety unveiled the company's eagerly awaited public listing. Majety, who has largely shunned the spotlight, shared reflections on his entrepreneurial path and the strategic pivots he and his co-founders navigated in building Swiggy. "We started with code aggregation, then pivoted to logistics, and that became Swiggy.
There is a huge spurt in demand to launch smaller satellites, those as light as 1 kg, with a lifespan of two to three years. But there aren't enough rockets to carry these, reports T E Narasimhan
Sixty-five years after his grandfather bought 3,500 acres in Mumbai, Adi Godrej is finally ready to develop it.
In the quarter ended September 30, the Pirojsha Godrej-led firm recorded Rs 492 crore net sales, up 49% year-on-year
"If at all Godrej plans to buy out the global household business of Sara Lee, there will be strong competition from multinationals like Unilever and P&G. So, it is unlikely that GCPL will go ahead with it," a research analyst from Religare Capital Markets said.
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It has set in motion an integration exercise that will see it transfer its category knowledge and expertise in hair colour and household insecticides to the acquired units.
The macro-economic situation has been brought under control: Godrej.
If the index is unable to sustain above 24,500 levels, technically it can then slip to its 200-DMA placed at 23,365 levels.
Godrej Appliances has launched a music-enabled refrigerator, Godrej Edge SX MuziPlay, with FM radio and MP3 player. The refrigerator has additional facilities such as a mobile charging point with USB port.
Raising the taxes on the super-rich will not solve the fiscal consolidation problem, but will definitely help.
After months of pursuing PT Megasari Mamsur, the Indonesian household product maker, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd on Tuesday announced it has sealed the deal to acquire Megasari, as well as its distribution arm, PT Intrasari Raya.
Interview with chairman of Godrej group.
He did not see any difficulty in recovery as most of the good companies were growing at 10-12 per cent.
The impact of the parting of ways between Geneva-based World Economic Forum and CII was felt on the ground when president of the industry chamber Adi Godrej was prevented from entering a discussion hall.
'Some of the learning may be implemented in the Budget'
The collective wealth of the 100 richest went past $1 trillion for the first time.
Mutual funds' largecap investment universe is expected to see seven changes in the upcoming stock reclassification exercise by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi). According to a report by IIFL Securities, Hero MotoCorp, Zydus Lifesciences, JSW Energy, NHPC, Bharat Heavy Electricals, Bosch and Samvardhana Motherson are expected to earn upgrades in the revised list of largecap, midcap and smallcap stocks set to be released in the first week of July. Amfi revises the list at the start of January and July every year based on the previous six-month performance of the stock.
Few businessmen demonstrate the zeal that he does for innovating for the bottom of the pyramid, says Adi Godrej.
'An in-house contest encourages employees to share yoga and well-being practices with their families.'
