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Leading FMCG company Hindustan Unilever (HUL) appears to have finally reached out to traditional distributors under the All India Consumer Products Distributors Federation (aicpdf) who were on a strike in Maharashtra.

In its petition, alleges that deep discounting and predatory pricing by Zepto, Blinkit & Swiggy are pushing small retailers out of business

All India Consumer Products Distributors Federation urges the Competition Commission of India to probe Blinkit, Swiggy, and Zepto for alleged predatory pricing that challenges traditional retailers. Quick commerce platforms offering deep discounts and bypassing salespeople raised industry concerns; possible CCI investigation pending.

The All India Consumer Products Distributors Federation has lodged a complaint with the CCI, accusing quick commerce companies like Zomato's Blinkit, Swiggy, and Zepto of predatory pricing. These practices are making it hard for traditional retailers to compete, affecting the livelihoods of 400,000 retail distributors.

At a time when two of the world’s richest men, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries (RIL) and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos are fighting over India’s booming retail industry, local distributors of soaps, shampoos and hair oil have written to Bezos and Amazon’s India head Amit Agarwal not to block the Future Group-RIL deal.

Indian consumer products distributors have filed an antitrust complaint against quick-commerce platforms BlinkIt, Swiggy Instamart, and Zepto. They allege deep discounting practices harm smaller retailers. The complaint highlights significant price discrepancies between online and offline channels. The Competition Commission of India will review the case, potentially leading to a detailed investigation, which could impact Zomato and Swiggy's ongoing regulatory scrutiny.

Following President Erdogan's support for Pakistan, Indian entities are boycotting Turkish products and services, impacting imports worth billions. The aicpdf has announced a complete boycott of Turkish goods, while fashion platforms like Myntra and AJIO are removing Turkish brands. Travel companies are also halting services, and security clearances for Turkish firms have been revoked.

Mamaearth's parent company, Honasa Consumer, is facing allegations of unsold inventory burdening distributors with losses. Honasa refutes the claims, stating a significantly lower inventory value. The company is undergoing a restructuring process, transitioning to a direct distributor model, which has impacted its financial performance. Despite the challenges, Honasa remains committed to its strategy.

Nestle and Haldiram’s have agreed to work with distributors to iron out the issues of alleged discriminatory pricing by consumer goods companies between general trade and newer sales channels such as modern trade and ecommerce, distributors said.

The Indian Sellers Collective, an umbrella body of trade associations and sellers, has said that guidelines of the star rating method under the FOPNL (Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling) regulation proposed by FSSAI is likely to discredit Indian ethnic foods.

The K J Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies offers an MA (Buddhist Studies), based on a syllabus our faculty worked on for a year, with inputs from scholars across the country.

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has reserved its order on Amazon's plea challenging the decision of regulator CCI to suspend approval for the e-commerce major's deal with Future Coupons.

Consumer goods giants ITC, HUL, Marico, Dabur, Haldiram’s and Nestle have met distributors in India and assured them of bringing parity of price, pack size and offers between products being supplied to general trade (kirana stores) and modern sales channels, such as, large departmental store chains and e-commerce.

The department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) on Tuesday held a meeting with different stakeholders, including domestic and foreign companies, on the proposed e-commerce policy, an official said.