As part of its major expansion plans, ITC Ltd will build three new super deluxe luxury hotels in Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion).
The recent tie-up between ITC and Japanese trading company Marubeni would focus on China, Vietnam and the Philippines apart from Japanese and the domestic market.
India's leading cigarette maker, ITC, has roped in artist Paresh Maity to design a limited edition packing for its Flake brand, with the launch of the Paresh Maity Collector series, to be exclusively sold in West Bengal. This is the first time that ITC has collaborated with an artist for its brand.
Clever strategising on ITC's part has put Bingo in the number one slot within six months of its launch.
The hospitality chain Leela Group chairman C P Krishnan Nair, who is set to retire from active management this June, on Monday said he will consider partnering Mukesh Ambani if there are hostile takeover threats from rival ITC.
The tobaccos-to-hospitality major ITC has earmarked an whopping Rs 23,000-crore (Rs 230 billion) investment over the next seven to ten years for its FMCG, paper and hospitality businesses.
GST authorities have identified about 17,000 non-existent GSTINs and cancelled over 4,900 registrations in the ongoing pan-India drive against fake registration, a senior tax official said on Wednesday. Currently, there are 1.40 crore businesses registered under Goods and Services Tax, nearly double the number of businesses registered in indirect tax regime pre-GST rollout. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) member Shashank Priya said in the drive against fake registration, till July 4, over 69,600 GST Identification Numbers (GSTINs) have been selected for physical verification by field tax officers.
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The agribusiness division revenues in Q1 was Rs 1,418 crore and the profit before tax for the segment was Rs 54 crore, against a revenue of Rs 1,111 crore and PBT of Rs 47 crore in Q1 of the last financial year.
FMCG major ITC on Tuesday surpassed state-run energy giant ONGC to become the county's second most valued firm in terms of market valuation, with TCS at the top of chart.
Once heavily dependent on the cigarettes segment, corporate behemoth ITC has diversified over the past two decades into many businesses that now generates 58 per cent of its revenue. Sanjiv Puri, chief executive officer, ITC, shares his plans with Arnab Dutta.
Twelve years on, and an unspecified amount of investment, ITC's green initiatives labelled as sustainability goals have translated into 24 per cent total shareholder returns, measured in terms of increased market capitalisation and dividends, at a compounded rate of growth.
Among the Sensex firms, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Asian Paints, Wipro, State Bank of India and Larsen & Toubro were the major gainers. ICICI Bank, NTPC, Axis Bank and Mahindra & Mahindra were among the laggards.
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From the Sensex pack, Larsen & Toubro, JSW Steel, IndusInd Bank, Power Grid, ITC, Mahindra & Mahindra, NTPC, HDFC Bank, ITC, Reliance Industries and Tata Motors were among the major laggards. Bajaj Finserv, Asian Paints Bajaj Finance, Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank were among the gainers.
Tobacco major ITC is weighing legal options in the wake of Centre's move to demand Rs 450 crore (Rs 4.5 billion) from it in connection with excise evasion after arming itself through an ordinance with power to modify past excise rules.
The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a judgement giving ITC a relief of Rs 803 crore (Rs 8.03 billion) on account of excise duty
ITC Infotech, an IT services firm and a wholly owned subsidiary of tobacco-to-hotels conglomerate ITC Group, has acquired New York-headquartered Pyxis Solutions - a provider of quality assurance and testing services - for $25 million (around Rs 105 crore). This is its first all-cash acquisition in the last eight years, funded through internal accruals.
Mahindra & Mahindra on Friday said it has been imposed a penalty of Rs 4.12 crore over input tax credit claim and education cess credit balance carry forward from pre-GST regime to GST regime in relation to its two-wheeler business. In a regulatory filing, Mahindra & Mahindra said it has received an order from the office of the Deputy Commissioner, State Tax, Audit Wing, Indore-01, Madhya Pradesh imposing a penalty amounting to Rs 4,11,50,120 to the two-wheeler business of Mahindra Two Wheelers Ltd (MTWL), which was demerged from MTWL and has since been merged with the company.
Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies anticipate sustained volume pressures in the January-March quarter (Q4) coupled with sluggish rural growth during the period. Brokerages estimate top-line growth to be in low single digits in the quarter. Also, the late onset of winter had an impact on demand for winter products which range from moisturisers to hot beverages.
ITC Ltd heaped a bonanza on it shareholders, including a dividend of 310 per cent and a plan for a bonus issue as well as a stock split that will be considered at its next board meeting on June 17.
ITC Limited's foods division on Wednesday announced the all-India launch of the 'Sunfeast' range of high quality biscuits with offerings in glucose, Marie and cream segments.\n\n
In the Sensex pack, HCLTech rose the maximum by 3.12 per cent, followed by ITC which gained 2.73 per cent and M&M went up 2.61 per cent. TCS climbed 2.44 per cent. Tech Mahindra, Wipro, L&T and Maruti were among the other major gainers.
ITC, the Kolkata-based tobacco-to-hotels major, is extending its flagship foods brand, Aashirwaad, to spices and rice. The move will reduce its reliance on the cigarettes business.
"The 33 per cent extra scheme by Frito-Lay's on Lay's and Kurkure got good trader and consumer response. In the next four-six weeks, a similar scheme will be offered by ITC," market sources said. ITC has been able to capture 7 per cent of the chips and snacks sector in 2007 within a year of its launch. "It has already made a dent in Frito-Lay India's share," according to a Euromonitor International study on sweet and savoury snacks in India.
Diversified business group ITC on Friday announced the issue of bonus shares against each share of the company, the seventh time in the last 32 years, as part of its centenary celebrations.
ITC Limited is setting up a 25,000-tonne per annum capacity facility at a cost of Rs 35 crore at its Bollaram unit in Hyderabad for production of elemental chlorine-free (ECF) paperboards to be used for manufacture of paper cups.
The "additional remuneration" includes monthly pay of Rs 1 crore, rent free furnished accommodation, medical expenses for him and spouse along with use of chauffeur driven company car for personal use and coverage under personal accident insurance. He will also be entitled to commission between Rs 30-60 lakh as sitting fees for attending meetings of board and committees of the company for each financial year.
Operating margins have been the primary driver of corporate earnings in India in recent quarters, despite revenue growth suffering from weak consumer demand. Companies across sectors have reported a sharp improvement in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (Ebitda) margins over the past two years, benefiting from lower commodity and energy prices. Higher margins more than compensated for slower revenue growth, resulting in double-digit growth in net profit for five consecutive quarters.
ITC on Wednesday said it would set up new small format stores in rural areas on the lines of existing hypermarket chain - Choupal Sagar - by early next year, even as it plans to ramp up its retail operations.
The cigarettes segment had a revenue of Rs 4,554.21 crore during the second quarter of the current fiscal, as against Rs 8,528.47 crore in the year-ago period, down 46.56 per cent.
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Shares of cigarette companies such as Godfrey Phillips and ITC surged as much as 10.4 per cent on Thursday.
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