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Need to provide quality products to consumers at affordable prices: Goyal

Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday stressed the need to provide quality products and services to consumers at affordable prices. Addressing an event to mark World Consumer Rights Day 2023, the minister said that the "consumer is at the centre and core of all our activities". "The very purpose of our activities should be a satisfied customer...We have gathered here to celebrate consumers' rights. We want to give confidence to consumers and want to win their trust," he added. Goyal emphasised that it is the duty of the government, consumer courts and industries to protect the consumers' interests. Customer service, customer awareness and customer redressal should be the focus, he noted. Goyal added that there is also a need to guide customers on the path of a sustainable future, as the entire world talks about green growth. The minister said the Prime Minister keeps consumers at the centre of all the government's programmes. The government has focused a l

Margin pressure for consumer electrical companies to continue in Q4

Volumes key as costs rise and firms refrain from hiking prices of products

INDIA'S FINEST AUDIO-WEARABLE BRAND MADRABBIT, UNVEILED BY SMRITI MANDHANA, ENTERS THE MARKET WITH SUSTAINABLE, ANC-ENABLED PRODUCTS.

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Label Kuhoo by Priya Bansal champions nightwear and aims at further expansion

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Is that dishwasher truly green or is it another case of greenwashing?

The US has green codes defined by the Federal Trade Commission to prevent consumers from misleading marketing claims

Relief for directors of retail firms as govt amends Legal Metrology rules

The government has pointed out that the changes are being made as part of the ease of doing business

Amazon claims to sale of 1 mn unique products of SMBs, startup in 36 hrs

E-commerce firm Amazon on Friday claimed to have recorded sale of 10 lakh unique products offered by small and medium business, startups etc from its platform during the first 36 hours of festive season sale. The company's festive season sale "Great Indian Festival" started from September 22 as it gave early access to paid users. The company said that its Prime users, who are paid members, grew 1.9 times than last year and 68 per cent of the total new sign ups were from Tier 2 and 3 cities. "It is encouraging to witness small and medium businesses, startups, artisans, women entrepreneurs offer a wide selection of products to our customer across India. We are humbled by the increase in new Prime member sign ups and customers shopping across categories as they trust Amazon as their preferred online shopping destination," said Manish Tiwary, Vice President & Country Manager, India Consumer Business, Amazon. According to Amazon, customers showed preference for television brands like ..

Nabhi Sutra sees a rise in use of belly button oils since their launch

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Uttar Pradesh govt seeks to take embassies' help to boost exports

Among the top-selling UP products are leather goods, carpets, hand woven textiles, brassware, glassware, sports goods, etc

Realme TechLife to unveil slew of products on July 26; check details here

Realme has confirmed that it will launch the Realme Pad X, Realme Buds Wireless 2S, Realme Smart Keyboard, Realme Pencil, Realme Buds Air 3 Neo, Realme Flat monitor, and Realme Watch 3 at the event

Panel urges plan to help local vendors build ONDC-compatible technical tool

Says no clarity on ONDC network's liability in case a consumer is delivered substandard products; local businesses will also find it hard to compete with e-commerce giants

Amazon blocked 4 bn bad listings in 2021: Director-global brand relations

Amazon's automated technology scanned over 8 billion attempted changes to product detail pages daily for signs of potential abuse, compared to more than 5 billion in 2020

What is downtrading?

People are hit by rising inflation. Like the FMCGs, which resorted to shrinkflation, consumers are now shifting to affordable products due to soaring prices. It is called downtrading. Let's know more

Meesho aims to reach 100 million monthly transacting users by Dec 2022

Bluetooth headphones, choppers and peelers topped shopping charts of the ecommerce platform this year.

Emami hikes product prices to offset cost pressure, launches project Khoj

FMCG major Emami Ltd has raised product prices on an average by four per cent to offset the present input cost pressure that will help the company to retain a gross margin of 66-67 per cent.

Personalised gifts are all the rage. A guide to the quirkiest options going

Customised, personalised products - objects that are quirky, fun and completely unique - are the current rage in gifting

From the mundane to divine, some of the best-designed products of all time

AT&T Model 500 phone is one of the most iconic products of 20th century

How to check authenticity of pre-owned luxury product

Smita Jain, Authentication Expert at Envoged.com, lists certain pointers to check the authenticity.