Lahore-based B2B marketplace gets Y Combinator’s backing
Tajir, a Lahore-based B2B marketplace for mom and pop stores, has finally made it to Y Combinator to capture local market.
The new start-up is...
Value Trapped!
Will high inflation turn the tables in favour of local brands?
Nestlé Pakistan announces Rs3.38bn profit after tax, down 17.3pc YoY
LAHORE: Nestlé Pakistan Limited in a notification to Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday, released its financial results for the period ended March 31,...
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...
Losing to loose milk
On a Wednesday evening in one of Karachi’s oldest areas, Lea Market, Samir Rajput is working the phone, trying to seal a deal with...
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
Engro’s third quarter profit rises 62pc YoY
LAHORE: Engro Corporation, on Monday, in a board of directors meeting held in Karachi approved its financial results for the quarter ended March 31,...
Cigarette smuggling increases by 39%, claims largest cigarette company
70 new cigarette brands have cropped up in the last two months
Philip Morris claims tobacco sector at risk as illegal cigarette trade skyrockets
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's documented tobacco sector is facing a grave threat as the illegal cigarette market continues to skyrocket, resulting in substantial losses to the...
Shopkeepers’ scam adds fizz to profits
Retail prices of Coke and Pepsi remain unnoticed while retailers overcharge consumers day in, day out by as much as 40 percent – making millions over the top, apparently unnoticed
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...
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...
Pakistan’s candy kings
EBM and Mondelez are firmly placed in their positions as market leaders. But there is one local competitor that promises to show some fight
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.
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
