Total income in the December quarter stood at Rs 2,274.46 crore
We are now ramping up investment in advertising and promotion, through both above-the-line and below-the-line activities
Dabur's revenue from food business was at Rs 2.89 billion, up 2.33 per cent as against Rs 2.82 billion in the year-ago period
Dabur's international business, which forms 30% of its sales, grew 10.5%(on constant currency) during the quarter backed by strong growth in markets like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt
Our higher than industry-average growth in past two quarters have helped us regain market share in categories such as oral care. Our strategies are different for separate categories, says Sunil Duggal
Under the erstwhile tax regime, capital goods that went into the production of goods in states that used to give area-based exemptions were not given input tax credit
Dabur's international sales in January-April period were up 16.8% in constant currency terms
FMCG major Dabur India today said it has completed acquisition of two South Africa-based companies -- D&A Cosmetics Proprietary Ltd and Atlanta Body & Health Products Proprietary Ltd -- through its subsidiary. The company had last year announced that it will acquire the two personal care products companies in South Africa for a total cash consideration of 50 million rands (about Rs 25 crore). In a stock exchange filing, Dabur India said its wholly owned subsidiary Dermoviva Skin Essentials Inc has acquired 100 per cent share capital of the companies. Accordingly, both the companies have become step down wholly owned subsidiary companies of Dabur India Ltd, it added. This is not Dabur's first acquisition in South Africa. In 2016, it had earlier acquired a South Africa-based Discaria Trading (PTY) Ltd. In April last year, the company had announced completion of acquisition of personal, hair care and creams businesses of South Africa based-CTL group of companies valued at USD 1.5
About 80 products will be launched in another six-to-eight month
Dabur India's chief executive officer Sunil Duggal shares his plans and insights with BS in an interview
Net sales down 4.8% y-o-y to Rs 1,909 cr due to economic slowdown in GCC markets
Dabur India (Dabur)'s consolidated March 2017 quarter (Q4) results were a bit disappointing, even as it had a few surprises for investors. On the positive side, Dabur sustained market share gains for the second quarter in a row across its key categories such as Oral care, Hair oils, Juices and Home care, even as competitive intensity remained high. The company even managed to recover some market share lost to Patanjali in the honey segment. Secondly, as compared to analysts' expectation of a contraction, operating profit margin witnessed healthy expansion aided to some extent by falling advertisement spends (as a per cent of sales), employee costs as well as other expenses. As a result, the company's operating profit margin came in at 21.9 per cent, highest over the past 7-8 quarters. That's where the good news ends. The 2.4 per cent domestic volume growth was a disappointment. While it comes on a high base of 7 per cent in the March 2016 quarter and was better than the decline of 5 ..
Consolidated sales dipped 6.1% during the quarter to Rs 1,847.7 crore
Company had posted a net profit of Rs 317.58 cr in Oct-Dec period of 2015, Dabur India said
Dabur India stock was trading 2.9% up at Rs 292.7 on BSE
Ramps up production, marketing and research
Interview with Chief Executive Officer, Dabur India