{"id":282927,"date":"2026-02-13T23:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/282927\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T23:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:10:18","slug":"top-indian-consumer-firms-lift-outlook-on-improving-urban-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/282927\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Indian consumer firms lift outlook on improving urban demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"ArticleTag_articleTag__P1Zo7\" href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/business\/consumer\" data-trackable=\"primary-tag\" data-dark-mode=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Consumer<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"NewsArticleHeader_newsArticleHeaderSubtitle__ZlvPp\" data-trackable=\"subhead\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">Goods tax cuts, stable commodity prices help sales volumes and profits<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-main img-fluid ImageNew_imageNewImageResponsive__f1VTu\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/https:\/\/cms-image-bucket-productionv3-ap-northeast-1-a7d2.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/images\/1\/5.jpeg\" alt=\"20260213 supermarket in Mumbai\" width=\"780\" height=\"auto\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"NewsArticleCaption_newsArticleCaption__fxo8v\" data-trackable=\"caption\" data-dark-mode=\"false\" style=\"display:block\">For several quarters, profit margins at Indian consumer goods companies\u00a0were\u00a0under pressure as urban demand remained subdued, due to the high cost of living and a significant rise in commodity prices. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)<\/p>\n<p>ANANTA AGARWAL<\/p>\n<p>February 13, 2026 15:06 JST<\/p>\n<p data-dark-mode=\"false\" class=\"Paragraph_paragraph__2p1wC\">BENGALURU &#8212; India&#8217;s biggest consumer goods conglomerates expect volume growth and improved profits in the coming months, spurred by rising urban demand and stable commodity prices, marking a change of fortune after months of challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Consumer Goods tax cuts, stable commodity prices help sales volumes and profits For several quarters, profit margins at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,3311,4190,219,25337,45124,5501,8461,111,139,69,17695,3010,8733],"class_list":["post-282927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-consumer","tag-demand","tag-economy","tag-firms","tag-improving","tag-indian","tag-lift","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-outlook","tag-top","tag-urban"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}