A store attendant sits in front of bottles of Hindustan Unilever’s Dove shampoo and Fair & Lovely beauty products in Mumbai. (Photographer: Kuni Takahashi/Bloomberg)
Consumer goods makers have increased prices as raw material costs continue to rise, squeezing their margins. And they may not be done yet even as it threatens to hurt consumption.From Hindustan Unilever Ltd. to ITC Ltd., makers of soaps to staples, have taken hikes across categories to ease the burden of commodity inflation. And some like Britannia Industries Ltd. have guided for even more increases in the months to come.Exchange fil...