India

Distillers Brace For Pain After India Bans Sales On Highways

As India’s recent ban on liquor stores along highways displaces outlets, the nation’s distillers are bracing for a drop in sales of as much as...

Billionaire Conjures Up Sam Walton With $6 Billion Indian Chain

Radhakishan Damani may be India’s Sam Walton. Like the Wal-Mart founder, he’s a self-made billionaire from humble beginnings with a successful...

India May Ease Rules for Foreign Food Retail Before November

Following calls from global retail giants such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Tesco Plc, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to decide by November whether Ind...

PepsiCo, Coca-Cola Fight Patriotism In Parched Indian State

A potent blend of pride, economic nationalism and mounting concern over water security have the world’s two biggest cola brands in a bind in southern...

India Sugar Outlook Cut By Mills As Drought Hurts Cane Supply

India’s sugar production may be lower than previously forecast as mills in the main growing areas of Maharashtra and Karnataka closed earlier than us...

United Spirits Exceeds Pernod Growth Rate For ‘Prestige’ Whiskies In India

Pernod Ricard has for the first time seen its growth rate for ‘prestige’ whisky (i.e. mid-priced and premium products) outstripped by Diageo-ow...

L’Oréal Joins 'Responsible Mica Initiative'

L’Oréal has joined the Responsible Mica Initiative, which seeks to stamp out child labour and poor working conditions in India’s mica su...

First Partners To Lead PR Operations For Danone India

Danone India, the wholly owned subsidiary of French multinational Danone, has awarded its PR mandate to First Partners following a competitive multi–...