In an interview to CNBC-TV18, B Thiagarajan, Joiint MD of Blue Star and Nilesh Gupta, Managing Partner at Vijay Sales spoke about the market condition for air conditioner makers.
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted a scorching summer and air-conditioner makers are gearing up for it. Blue Star has launched 40 new air-conditioner models. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, B Thiagarajan, Managing Director of the company spoke about the latest happenings in his company and sector.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, B Thiagarajan, Joint MD of Blue Star spoke about the likely trends for 2018.
Blue Star is in focus on the back of a turnkey order win in mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) segment. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Vir Advani, MD of Blue Star spoke about the order win and the latest happenings in the company.
Few companies are impacted with regards to the discounts which have been raining on white goods. CNBC-TV18 spoke to Blue Star and Vijay Sales and they spoke about how secondary sales have shot up in the month of June. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Sunil D'souza, Managing Director of Whirlpool of India spoke about what exactly the experience has been at Whirlpool.
In the run up to goods and services tax (GST), retailers are offering heavy discounts on televisions, air-conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines and other home appliances. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, B Thiagarajan, Joint MD of Blue Star and Nilesh Gupta, Managing Partner at Vijay Sales discuss the same.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Anil Rai Gupta, CMD of Havells India spoke about the goods and services tax (GST) and latest happenings in the company.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, B Thiagarajan, Joint MD of Blue Star and Nilesh Gupta, Managing Partner at Vijay Sales spoke about the latest happenings in the sector.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, B Thiagarajan, Joint MD, Blue Star spoke about the latest happenings in his company and sector.
B Thiagarajan, joint MD of Bluestar expects market growth of around 20 percent and company’s air-conditioning segment to grow by 35 percent in FY17.
Competition is healthy for any business because it brings in pricing efficiency and product quality into the market, says B Thiagarajan, Joint MD, Blue Star commenting on the acquisition of Lloyd Electric by Havells India.
Not at all worried about the demonetisation impact and believes the industry has the potential to grow by 15% in the calendar-year 2017, said B Thiagarajan, Joint MD, Blue Star.
With demand and consumption coming to a standstill due to demonetisation, secondary sales have come down drastically for Blue Star which saw a drop in sales in the first two weeks on the back of consumer nervousness, says B Thiagarajan, JMD of the company.
B Thiagarajan, Joint MD of Blue Star says that online sales have been subdued this year in comparison to last year as the e-retailers are focusing more on other products like LCD TVs and small appliances. He is optimistic that 30 percent of demand will be fulfilled by online sales by 2020.
B Thiagarajan, Joint MD of Blue Star, expects the market to grow by at least 20 percent during the upcoming festive season, that is October to December period.
Rakesh Biyani, Director, Future Group, says with substantial cash in hands of the consumer the demand for white goods is sure to go up.
The only challenge for Blue Star will be the rising marketing costs, where despite a 30 percent increase in the ad spends, the company's media exposure will remain more or less the same, says B Thiagarajan, Joint MD of the company.
Company will offer residential water purifiers for the first 6 months, and eventually enter commercial water purifier, says B Thiagarajan, Joint MD of Blue Star
B Thiagarajan, ED of Blue Star says the company's growth target for 2016 is 25 percent.
B Thiagarajan ED, Blue Star says the company is seeing ample demand even in the deep freezers segment and implementation of Goods and Service Tax (GST) will further boost its growth.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, B Thiagarajan, executive director, Blue Star, says the company is hopeful of doing strong business in the room air conditioning and deep freezing business.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, B Thiagarajan, executive director, Blue Star, says the company is in the business for the long-term and continues to be positive on the same.
B Thiagarajan, executive director, Blue Star expects the Indian AC market to grow at 15-20 percent in FY16.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, B Thiagarajan, ED, Blue Star, discusses on the company‘s plans and future outlook.
Blue Star will provide the refrigeration technology and Eureka will provide the purification part for this in-built water purifiers, said ED, B Thiagarajan.