Viveat Susan Pinto

Almost 90-95% of Food Square’s products are imported and around 5-10% are sourced from Indian suppliers. Food Square's second store is located in Worli.

In the Mumbai region, for instance, tickets for Pushpa 2 have been prized between Rs 200-900 per head, depending on the theatre, screen and timing of shows.

In its DRHP released on Friday, LG India said it continued to seek support from its parent for product design and innovation, technologies for manufacturing, brand and related technical knowhow as well as exports.

'We have a collaborative and customer-centric approach to supply chain management. We have a multi-category multi-format distributed network comprising 28 own factories and over 50 collaborative manufacturing units producing more than 75 billion units annually.'

The Bhartias are expected to tie-up with Goldman Sachs for funding the transaction. They are likely to get about Rs 4,000-5,000 crore on their own, which is about 40% of the deal value.

Market research agency NielsenIQ has indicated that FMCG market growth rates may improve in FY26 on the back of a low base effect as well as stronger rural growth rates, though some recovery in urban demand is also likely by then.

Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2 is the latest instance of how regional blockbusters are becoming a nationwide craze; over 50% of its Rs 1000 crore+ earnings by end of this weekend will come from the Hindi version, say experts

This everyday approach, which Uniqlo describes as ‘lifewear', has seen the brand's parent Fast Retailing touch $20 billion in annual sales globally.

Companies acknowledge that while the middle-class consumer base is shrinking, the premium segment continues to perform well.

Revenue growth of listed FMCG firms was between flat and 6%, even as nominal GDP growth (which includes inflation) was between 8% and 10%.