Thinking outside the wrapper: How local brands like Candi can compete with Lotus
The local versions at times taste pretty much the same as their expensive, imported, counterparts. So why aren’t they creating ripples?
Why negotiating with the IPPs won’t fix much. And what will
A look at the series of bad ideas that have plagued the government’s attempts to fix the energy grid, and how the government keeps digging itself into a bigger and bigger hole
Is the cement cartel back in action?
As the construction industry is given packages and concessions to get back up on its feet, does the rise in cement prices that followed mean the cement sector is back to its old tricks?
Why are advertisers in Pakistan experimenting with influencer marketing?
With influencer marketing, primarily through Instagram, capturing a significant portion of online advertising spending in Pakistan, Profit takes a peak behind the curtain
At Amreli steel, things look solid
The steel rebar manufacturer’s steady increase in production will pay off when the construction sector’s big-ticket projects come up.
Survive or Thrive – how CPG companies adapted to C19 lockdown
After the C19 lockdown went into place across Pakistan - including KLI - businesses that depended on brick & mortar locations as a footfall and revenue source had to make a decision - adapt or die? Profit spoke to seven leaders in the CPG space to understand what they did to survive or thrive.
The law of unintended consequences: when GDPR increased Google’s market concentration
The digital privacy legislation that was meant to afford user protections in the digital sphere is believed to have played a central role in growing the monopolistic hold of Google on the advertising ecosystem, argues a new paper from Geradin Partners
Does KAPCO have life beyond its PPA expiration? Some analysts think so
The company’s ability to generate electricity from LNG imports may position it well relative to other IPPs in the sector
Avanceon and its Ace cards
What’s in a name? In 1989, Bakhtiar Wain set up an engineering and IT company that focuses on automations. He decided to...
Gul Ahmed: defiant or delusional?
As this magazine has consistently pointed out for the last three weeks, it is not the best time to be in the...
Is the cement sector overvalued?
The cement sector in Pakistan has had its rough spots, but one could always look at the last decade and say, here...
Good news and bad news at Hub Power Company
The website for the China Power Hub Generation Company (CPGHC) is not exactly what one could call slick. Awkward photos of Prime...
How a rift in Pakistan’s tobacco industry determines how cigarettes are taxed and not the government
Local and multinational tobacco companies engage in brutal lobbying and media wars to try and tax each other out of business and influence.
Locusts threaten our food supply, and also the fertiliser sector
So far, the mantra for the year 2020 has been: everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Pakistan’s two biggest neighbours...
Cement sector expected to rebound by 2021, thanks to tax cut and government incentives
At first glance, the cement sector looks like it is struggling. The numbers came in for May, and they were not kind.
Pakistan’s...