Competition from regional players, a rise in online food ordering, and stubborn inflation have pinched the pizza category. Pizza chains are now firing all cylinders to have the biggest slice of the market with them Remember the 2000s and early 2010s when celebrating small victories or simply getting together with friends or families for most […]
Omnichannel beauty retailer Sugar Cosmetics recorded a noteworthy 89% year-on-year surge in operational revenue for FY23, reaching Rs 420 crore, while maintaining a steady net loss of Rs 76 crore. The Mumbai-based company witnessed a substantial 68% increase in total expenses to Rs 505 crore, mainly attributed to heightened expenditure on stock-in-trade acquisitions due to […]
DMart, operated by Mumbai-based Avenue Supermarts, disclosed a standalone revenue of Rs 13,247.33 crore for the quarter ending 31 December 2023, marking a 17.19 per cent surge from the previous year’s Rs 11,304.58 crore. Comparatively, this revenue figure surpasses both the Rs 9,065.02 crore reported in the same quarter of 2021 and the Rs 7,432.69 […]
Hindustan Unilever, the FMCG manufacturer has announced that it has received Goods and Services Tax (GST) demands and penalties totalling Rs 447.5 crore from the authorities. The company has received a total of five orders passed from different zones of GST officials over issues such as disallowance of GST credit, salaries including allowances paid to […]
Apple witnessed a sharp decline of nearly 3.6 per cent on Tuesday, marking a seven-week low, as Barclays downgraded the company’s shares amid concerns of sustained weak demand for its range of devices, from the flagship iPhone to the Mac, throughout 2024. This downgrade from Barclays, the second brokerage to issue the equivalent of a […]
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has shattered records by processing over 100 billion transactions, as revealed by data from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). Operating alongside other payment processing infrastructure, UPI witnessed 54 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in transaction volume and 42 per cent surge in transaction value for December 2023. The […]
Following record food orders on New Year’s Eve, food delivery company Zomato raised its necessary platform fee to Rs 4 per order from Rs 3 in major cities. The new rates went into effect on 1 January. Zomato temporarily increased its platform fee to as much as Rs 9 per order in select markets on […]
The US Treasury implemented new battery sourcing rules in December, to reduce dependence on Chinese suppliers in the electric vehicle supply chain. As a result of these rules, many electric vehicles, including models from Nissan, Tesla (Cybertruck All-Wheel Drive, Model 3 Rear Wheel Drive) and Chevrolet (Blazer EV), lost eligibility for tax credits of up […]
Hyundai Motor India achieved the highest-ever domestic sales in the calendar year 2023, surpassing the six lakh sales milestone. The automaker recorded sales of 6,02,111 units, registering a 9 per cent increase over the previous year’s 5,52,511 units. Additionally, Hyundai Motor India elevated its export performance by 10 per cent, shipping 1,63,675 units in 2023 […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday said that 97.38 per cent of the Rs 2000 banknotes in circulation as of 19 May 2023 have been returned. The latest data reveals that the total value of Rs 2000 banknotes in circulation, which was Rs 3.56 lakh crore as of 19 May 2023, when the […]
