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Consumers show intent to up spending in festive season, says report

Indian consumers have shown an intent to increase discretionary spends in anticipation of the upcoming festive season

Inflation seen rising in India, China, other big Asian nations in 2022

Surging costs of imported commodities have driven China's factory inflation to the highest level since 2008, while selling prices to consumers are holding fairly steady.

Consumer discretionary index hits all-time high; analysts see more upside

The recent optimism at the bourses stems from the hope that consumers will resort to 'revenge buying' once the lockdown condition is lifted following the second wave of Covid infections receding

Capping trade margin on O2 concentrators resulted in consumer savings: Govt

Capping the trade margin on oxygen concentrators by the government has resulted in ensuring consumer savings as the price of the critical device has come down

Households wary of discretionary spending

The RBI Current Situation Index has been negative in all surveys conducted in the past four years except the one in March 2019

Covid-19 slows India's services activity slightly in March: PMI report

Firms continued to bear elevated cost pressures but only passed some of it to consumers to stay competitive

Consumers will become increasingly agile and demanding: Deloitte

Consumers will become more aware of brands and seek comfort and convenience at the click of a button.

Watch out for MSME risk build-up amid Covid-19 pandemic, says report

The default rates in September 2020 remained stable at 12.1 per cent, a level also seen in September 2019

Ad film director Prahlad Kakar's take on the best, worst things in Budget

Additionally, the consumer will hopefully have more to spend in the short term, which will push up demand

Crompton Consumer: Strong demand, mkt share gains may help sustain growth

Jefferies estimates a 13% annual growth in topline during FY20-23, as well as margin expansion

US consumer spending drops 0.4% in Nov, first decline since April

US consumer spending fell 0.4% in November, the first decline since April, as Americans confronted a newly resurgent virus.

Grofers eyes fashion segment for higher margins, to stick to private labels

Grofers, which has a strong play in the private labels segment across categories, is likely to follow this strategy in the fashion segment

CEA Subramanian asks NSC to make junked consumer spending report public

The findings of the report, published by Business Standard in November 2019, showed consumer spending falling for the first time in over four decades in 2017-18.

Non-essential spending by households to shrink further in 2021: RBI survey

More families expect general price rise in next one year

Retail, recreation visits show spike in key states during Diwali week

Key states including Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Bihar saw between a 4-8 percentage point return to normalcy amid the festival season

The low involvement challenge

One obvious solution is to create an advertising property that resonates emotionally with the consumer.

Diwali boosts hope in Delhi's markets, but spending caution may be a damper

Crowds return ahead of festive season, but caution in spending hints that sales may remain sluggish

Customer spending getting back to pre-Covid levels: AU Small Finance Bank

AU Small Finance Bank on Monday said customer spending is getting back to pre-COVID levels and its festive season offer has witnessed 23 per cent rise in per day debit card spends.

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FMCGs shore up trade margins, consumer promotions ahead of festive season

Margins not impacted significantly even as firms offer everything from price-offs and grammage increase to buy-one-get-one free schemes, combo packs