Most new consumer goods bomb, says Nielsen report

Only 10 per cent of the 15,000-20,000 fast-moving consumer goods launched every year succeed in the Rs 2-lakh crore (Rs 2-trillion) market, according to analysts tracking the sector.......

FM's not so populist stand makes Bengal Inc happy

Bengal corporate leaders on Thursday termed the 2013-14 Union budget a reformist one and said despite being the last budget of United Progressive Alliance before it goes to poll, Finance Minister P......

As FMCG deals fall, companies pile up cash

Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies have been scouting for brands and businesses for long. However, while the total value of FMCG deals rose from $47.94 million (Rs 264 crore) in 2009 to......

FMCG companies keep fingers crossed over monsoon

Consumer goods companies remain hopeful of good rainfall this year despite the prediction of a possible drought-causing El Nio weather phenomenon in August-September.India was last hit by an El......

Aishwarya: Mannequin or magic?

She is in Roland Joffe's The Invaders. She is in Gurinder Chadha's Bride And Prejudice.She has an offer to act opposite Pierce Brosnan in the next James Bond film.Big money is being invested on......

The Dil Ka Rishta Review

2002 sawtwo hits (Raaz and Devdas) and two actresses (Bipasha Basu and Aishwarya Rai) surge to the top. Theformer models joustyet again as their first films of 2003, Dil Ka Rishta and Jism, release......

Shivangi shocks Anwesha Reddy

Unseeded Shivangi Paranjpe of Maharashtra fashioned the biggest win of her career when she rallied to shock third seed Anwesha Reddy of Tamil Nadu 3-1 to make a surprise entry into the women's......

Malhotra extends Ritwik

Top junior Vikram Malhotra of Maharashtra was the cynosure of all eyes when he extendedtop seed Ritwik Bhattacharya of Delhi in an exciting men's pre-quarter-final, in the 53rd Senior National and......