Friday, January 2, 2026

How Butterfly stayed in business and beat back P&G’s Always

In 2018, Always was the premier feminine hygiene product in Pakistan’s retail market. In only a few years, Butterfly has taken away a chunk of their market share. What happens next?

Not much has changed at Mitchell’s. Why then is it amongst the best performing stocks?

Mitchell’s auditors think that the company might have to shut down. The market thinks otherwise
Consumer industry

Consumer sector profits dip 26pc in 2019

LAHORE: The profitability of Pakistan’s consumer sector- staples, pharmaceuticals and discretionaries- witnessed a decline of 26pc year-on-year in 2019, led by consumer discretionaries, where...
Medicines

Essential medications unaffordable as pharma companies raise costs

As per DRAP’s earlier notification, pharmaceutical companies have hiked the price on essential medicines 

A major multinational has been fined Rs 6 crore for deceptive marketing of their soap. They aren’t the only ones

Unilever Pakistan has been fined for deceptive marketing of its product Lifebuoy. This makes them the third FMCG charged with deceptive marketing in the antibacterial soaps segment

Sugar price hike has nothing to do with exports, says PSMA

LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has categorically rejected a news item which appeared in a section of the media that the current...

Fauji Foods acquires Fauji Infraveast Foods, cereals business

The move sets the stage for FFL to fulfill its ambition of becoming an FMCG powerhouse in Pakistan

FMCGS have great second quarter

Nestle Pakistan and FrieslandCampina Engro half-year results show a robust FMCG sector

Sepia Solutions successfully deploys Google G Suite in Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan

KARACHI: Sepia Solutions, a Google Cloud partner in Pakistan, has successfully helped Colgate Palmolive Pakistan Limited to migrate from the legacy system to the latest,...

Star-studded premieres of “Peek Freans presents Gluco Allahyar and the Legend of Markhor” held in Lahore and Karachi

KARACHI: Star-studded premieres of “Peek Freans presents Gluco Allahyar and the Legend of Markhor”, the latest animation movie by ARY Films and 3rd World Studios...

Is Fauji Foods finally standing on its own two feet?

After years of using the Fauji Foundation as a financial crutch, Fauji Foods reports consecutive profit growth for the first time

Olivia bluntly copies BBlunt commercial

LAHORE: A 40-second commercial featuring India’s Kareena Kapoor endorsing Olivia hair colour brand owned by Pakistan’s Maskatiya Industries seems to have stirred up a...

Matco signs agreement for expansion of rice glucose and rice protein plant

KARACHI: Matco Foods Limited has signed an agreement with Beijing Meckey Engineering Co for the supply of a rice glucose manufacturing plant with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes...

Despite a thriving pharma industry, Pakistan does not manufacture any condoms

The market for contraceptives is massive in Pakistan. Despite this, nearly all of the options available to people are imported.

The lockdowns devastated consumer spending, but food and pharmaceutical companies remain resilient

Pakistan consumer companies, a handy catch-all term, is a bit of a misnomer. The trajectory of a company’s revenue and profitability depends entirely on...