Sunday, December 28, 2025

Unilever third-quarter sales growth picks up with pricing

The company said pricing growth in Argentina was excluded, due to its hyperinflationary status. Including Argentina, sales growth would have been 4.5 percent, the company said

Cigarette smuggling increases by 39%, claims largest cigarette company

70 new cigarette brands have cropped up in the last two months

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...

P&G to buy Merck’s consumer health unit for $4.2 billion

OHIO: Procter & Gamble (P&G) has agreed to acquire Merck KGaA’s consumer health unit for 3.4 billion euros ($4.2 billion), giving it vitamin brands...

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...

Can Tapal’s new boss lady defy the odds & retain market leadership?

“You can keep wealth in the family only for three generations,” asserts an ancient Chinese proverb. Similar aphorisms exist elsewhere. “From the cowshed to...

Mondelēz: Coming to a shaadi, and eid near you. At least that’s what they’re hoping for

Is an endless balance sheet, and demographics enough to shift cultural trends?

Companies like Engro follow regulations. So why then do some investors still get shortchanged?

There are many issues with companies buying back their own shares. This one change in regulations can fix at least one of those.

Coca-Cola, US State Department to use blockchain to combat forced labour

NEW YORK: Coca-Cola and the United States (US) State Department along with two other companies said on Friday they are launching a project using...

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...

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

Govt likely to increase taxes on infant milk in upcoming budget

Taxes on bakery items and spices also likely to increase

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.

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