Consumer sector earnings outlook: Consumer sector companies report a faster sequential recovery in Q2

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Companies have reported demand revival and volume growth in the quarter. Rural continues to outperform urban. Cost optimisation has once again aided margins.

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While analysts believe that the trend may sustain, some economists expect a more gradual pace of recovery in anticipation of abatement in pent-up demand and moderation in spending after the festive season.

ET Intelligence Group: With industrial demand still below the pre-pandemic level, consumer-centric sectors have taken the centre stage. Companies from these sectors staged a faster recovery in the quarter to September on a sequential basis than the industry on average. This was on account of pent-up consumer demand and rising propensity to spend among rural consumers amid better monsoon and improving farm income aided by higher sowing and

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