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Podcast: businessline's State of the Economy Podcast
Episode: Premiumisation, e-commerce will continue to accelerate for the FMCG sector
Description: In this State of the Economy year-end podcast on FMCG, businessline's Meenakshi Verma Ambwani speaks to Naveen Malpani, Partner and Consumer Industry Leader at Grant Thornton Bharat, to discuss the sector’s performance in 2024 and its outlook for 2025. FMCG industry is facing key challenges of inflation and urban slowdown. At the same time, green shoots in rural demand and rise in quick commerce channel have emerged as key opportunities for the industry. Malpani explains that inflation has been a significant challenge in 2024 and to deal with rising costs, FMCG companies had to increase prices or reduce product siz...