Arumugham Mahendran, former MD, Godrej Consumer Products, would like to enter the pesticide business and is looking at how that sector is doing etc. and whether he can as an entrepreneur enter that sector again.
Adi Godrej, chairman, says demand in the FMCG space remains good and hopes good monsoon rains this year will further fuel rural demand. The rupee depreciation, meanwhile, is likely to increase its raw material costs to an extent.
Vivek Gambhir, CEO - Designate, Godrej Consumer, says in this quarter there has been an increase in ad spends because of significant amount of new launches.
GCPL chairman Adi Godrej, in an interview, on CNBC-TV18, expects the acquisition of Soft & Gentleto be accretive in the first year and is optimistic that the UK business will continue to outperform the market.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, A. Mahendran, MD, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd explained what will be the advantages to Godrej consumers and such soap makers due to export tax cut on palm oil by Malaysia. Although he believes that it won't be much of an impact for this quarter.