24/08/2026
The sweetest season of the year just got expensive.
Sugar prices are up over 15% in a month. Festive demand is arriving early. Inventories are tight. And India has three months of celebration still ahead.
Sweet shops, FMCG brands and retailers are all absorbing the same shock. Consumers are the variable nobody can predict yet.
Price sensitivity. Brand switching. Smaller packs. Category substitution. This festive season will tell brands more about their consumers than any regular quarter could.
Our latest Market Maven edition looks at what to watch and why it matters.
Read it below!