Consumer
Latest updates on news, funding, market trends, and innovations driving the consumer industry in India.
Consumer
Dabur scion Burman on love for food business & why he prefers debt over PE for Lite Bite
Amit Burman has been out and out a food business enthusiast. The vice chairman of diversified consumer products and food ......
Consumer
CVCI-backed Elder Pharma to form cosmetics JV with Japan's Kose
Mumbai-based Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd has signed an agreement with Japanese firm Kose Corporation to form a cosmetics-making JV called Kose ......
Consumer
Fabindia acquires 40% stake in Organic India
Ethnic Fabrics and handicrafts retailer Fabindia has acquired 40 per cent stake in Organic India Pvt Ltd, a Lucknow-based organic ......
Consumer
Samhi Hotels' co-founder on deploying PE money and expansion pipeline in mid-scale hotels
Samhi Hotels, founded in 2010 by Manav Thadani, Steve Rushmore and Ashish Jakhanwala, aims to build and own hotels in ......
Consumer
Bennett, Coleman & Co to pick 12% stake in olive and canola oil firm Dalmia Continental
Media firm Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd (BCCL), which typically invests in companies through ad-for-equity deals, has taken options to ......
Consumer
Budget 2013: What gets cheaper and what just got dearer
The general drift of the Union Budget is higher burden on the rich and some sops for the poor or ......
Consumer
Access India Fund, others invest $11.5M in Nobel Hygiene
Access India Fund, the private equity firm floated by former Aureos Capital India executives, has made its second investment by ......
Consumer
How PE-backed Samhi is building its hotels portfolio
Two-year-old Samhi Hotels Pvt Ltd is following a build-and-buy strategy to expand its business in India and already boasts around ......
Consumer
Dabur's Amit Burman and Apollo Tyre's Neeraj Kanwar buy London-based Italian restaurant
Dabur vice chairman Amit Burman along with Neeraj Kanwar, vice chairman and managing director of Apollo Tyres Ltd, have together ......
Consumer
Hospitality sector seeks infrastructure status for hotels
The capital-intensive hospitality industry, which has been battling an adverse environment owing to government policies including high taxes, expects the ......