Sector: Consumers
Apple Outshines All of Berkshire Hathaway’s Businesses: Warren Buffett
Apple outshines all of Berkshire Hathaway’s businesses, Warren Buffett says. The Berkshire CEO emphasized the immense value Apple’s customers place on their devices. Buffett touted the fact that Berkshire’s Apple stake grows as the tech titan buys back stock. Apple outclasses every single one of Berkshire Hathaway‘s subsidiaries, Warren Buffett says. “It just happens to … Read more
SJS makes a significant impactful acquisition
SJS is acquiring 90.1% stake in Walter Pack Automotive Products India Private Limited (WPI). WPI is a 85% subsidiary of Walter Pack Spain(WPS) . Remaining 15.0% is held by the Indian promoter and founder, Mr. Roy Mathew. SJS is acquiring the full 85% of WPS and 5.1% from Mr Mathew. Mr Mathew will continue to … Read more
Raymond sells FMCG business to GCPL. Demerges Lifestyle.
Restructuring/ consolidation continues at Raymonds. It has taken further key decisions – 1. The associate Company, Raymond Consumer Care Limited (RCCL), sells FMCG business to Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL). The divested business include condom brands KamaSutra and Premium and deodorant brands Park Avenue and DS. Raymond’s condom plant in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, will continue to do the … Read more
China’s Midea is said to make takeover approach to Electrolux
Midea Group Co. is exploring a potential acquisition of Electrolux AB, according to people familiar with the matter, a bold move by the Chinese home appliance giant to add the higher-end luxury Swedish brand despite potential political opposition. Midea made a preliminary approach in recent weeks to the white-goods manufacturer about a potential deal, said … Read more
Blinkit’s revised delivery executive pay structure faces protest
Earlier this month, Zomato owned Blinkit announced a revised pay structure for it’s delivery executives. Previously, they were being paid a fixed Rs 25 per delivery and peak-hour incentive of Rs 7 per trip It has now been revised to a minimum of Rs 15 per trip with a distance-based component This led to the … Read more
Reliance launches beauty business with omnichannel strategy
Reliance is unstoppable for now. It’s launching/ acquiring/ partnering businesses across segments and industries. As part of it’s retail expansion strategy, the subsidiary Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL) has now entered into the beauty segment. Launched with an Omnichannel strategy combining both the online and offline route Tira website and app for ecommerce 1st physical … Read more
Sanjiv Puri shares some key insights
ITC‘s Chairman and MD, Sanjiv Puri has shared the following – Indian FMCG industry will bounce back by volume sales growth from FY24, led by rural demand, with early signs of recovery already visible. concerns around monsoons this year can be a dampener (he didn’t mention it) ITC will accelerate investments across businesses back to … Read more