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Frigidaire Mini-Fridges Cause $700,000 in Damage After Smoking, Sparking, Burning, Melting, Overheating, and Catching Fire
Gizmodo
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July 26, 2025
Over 600,000 Frigidaire mini-fridges are being recalled over internal electrical components that have short-circuited and ignited, according to an announcement by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The faulty fridges have cost over...
The Walt Disney Company (DIS): A Bull Case Theory
Yahoo Finance
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We came across a bullish thesis on The Walt Disney Company on Stock Analysis Compilation’s Substack. In this article, we will summarize the bulls’ thesis on DIS. The Walt Disney Company's share was trading at $121.95 as of July 24th. DIS’s...
Less selection, More prices
Gulf Today
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July 26, 2025
With summer in full swing in the United States, retail executives are sweating a different season. It’s less than 22 weeks before Christmas, a time when businesses that make and sell consumer goods usually nail down their holiday orders and...
Godrej Consumer Products expects India margins to stay below normative range, volume improving sequentially
The Economic Times
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July 4, 2025
Godrej Consumer Products expects its margin from India business to stay below 'normative range' in June quarter, but is likely to deliver high-single digit value growth aided by volume expansion. The company's volume growth, in its standalone...
Reliance Industries plans to spin off new consumer products arm; invests in UK beauty business
domain-b.com
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July 4, 2025
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), which runs India’s largest retail network that brings together Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL), Reliance Retail Ltd (RRL) and Reliance Consumer Products Ltd (RCPL), is reported to be planning to launch a new...
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd - Quarterly Update - Q1FY26
Equity Bulls
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Our Standalone business is likely to deliver high-single digit value growth on the back of mid-single digit UVG. Volume growth has been strongly competitive and is sequentially improving. Home Care business has had a broad-based and strong growth...
Mini Fridge Fires Cause $700K In Damage, Sparking Massive Recall
Daily Voice
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July 26, 2025
Curtis International is recalling about 634,000 Frigidaire-brand mini fridges, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday, July 24. The internal electrical parts in the fridges can short-circuit and ignite the plastic housing, posing...
Setting stage for Retail IPO: Reliance to consolidate consumer goods brands under New RCPL unit
Financial Express
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Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is planning to transfer all its consumer goods brands to a new wholly-owned subsidiary as Mukesh Ambani-led oil-to-telcom major is getting ready for an initial public offering for its retail business. A Bloomberg...
Hope returns to Nigeria’s consumer goods sector after volatile year
The Sun Nigeria
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July 4, 2025
By Chinwendu Obienyi The growth of Nigeria’s consumer goods industry slowed in 2024, but early signs of recovery are beginning to emerge, driven by operational recalibrations, strategic investments and subtle macroeconomic shifts. According to the...
New standards proposed for consumer goods in Bahrain
Gulf Daily News Online
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NEW specifications could be introduced for consumer products and electronic appliances in Bahrain, if MPs have their way. The proposed standards aim to ensure products are environmentally friendly, energy-efficient and built to last, aligning with...
Reliance Industries To Consolidate Consumer Goods Brands, Prepares New Subsidiary For Retail IPO Launch
Free Press Journal
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July 4, 2025
Reliance Industries Gears Up for Retail IPO. | Mumbai: Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries is setting the stage for a major move—an IPO for its retail business—and it’s making sure everything is neatly in place before the big reveal. One of the...
Coveris expands linerless labelling operations
Packaging Gateway
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July 25, 2025
Coveris, a sustainable paper and plastic packaging solutions provider, has invested an additional £1m ($1.34m) in its Linerless Labelling Centre of Excellence located in Spalding, England, to meet rising demand. This move is part of an ongoing...
Reliance Industries to spin off consumer goods business into new unit
VC Circle
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FILE PHOTO: A woman checks her phone next to a Reliance Retail kiosk at the annual Retail Leadership Summit in Mumbai, India, February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Hemanshi Kamani/File Photo Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries said it will spin...
India’s Reliance to spin off consumer goods business into new unit
Deal Street Asia
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Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries said it will spin off its consumer goods unit into a new entity to allow the fast-growing business to attract investors beyond those backing its retail unit. Reliance‘s consumer business...
Consumer Reports: Circuit Court Preserves Bipartisan Leadership at the Consumer Product Safety Commission Pending Appeal
Consumer Reports
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July 2, 2025
CR calls on Congress to preserve the CPSC as an independent agency, and support its vital mission to protect the public from hazardous consumer products WASHINGTON, DC — Consumer Reports (CR) welcomed an order from the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of...
Ambani's Reliance to spin off India consumer goods business into new unit
Zawya
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MUMBAI - Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries said it will spin off its consumer goods unit into a new entity to allow the fast-growing business to attract investors beyond those backing its retail unit. Reliance's consumer...
New Reliance Consumer Products Ltd: Mukesh Ambani-led RIL to group all its FMCG brands under new company; IPO plans in works
The Times of India
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Reliance Industries Limited's chairman Mukesh Ambani has signalled intentions for initial public offerings of retail and telecommunications divisions. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) plans to consolidate its fast-moving...
Damian Valdes, Spotify’s Global Consumer Product Marketing Lead
Knowledge@Wharton - Pennsylvania
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July 3, 2025
Damian Valdes, global consumer product marketing lead at Spotify, joins Barbara Kahn and Americus Reed to explore how Spotify designs personalized tech-driven listening experiences, the evolution of music consumption, and the future role of AI and...
How A-listers are shaking up the consumer-goods business
The Economist
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July 3, 2025
Celebrities ARE venturing beyond the billboard and the big screen—and into big business. Hailey Bieber, a model married to Justin, recently sold Rhode, her make-up brand, in a deal valued at as much as $1bn. Skims, a shapewear label founded by Kim...
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Him to Fire Consumer Product Safety Officials
The Epoch Times
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July 2, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on June 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court on July 2, asking the justices to let him fire three Biden appointees at...