Patanjali and Dabur shines with Herbal toothpaste

In a recent development, Dabur and Patanjali have robbed market share from top MNCs such as Colgate and Hindustan Unilever (HUL) in the toothpaste category.

This has prompted some of the larger players to launch ‘natural’ products and price them competitively. Till now, it was only Haridwar-based company Patanjali, which had been playing the low-price card to disrupt the country’s FMCG market.

Quoting data from research firm Nielsen, senior FMCG executives said Patanjali has gained market share at the fastest pace by cornering 2.1% of the pie in January-June 2016, compared to 0.5% in 2015. Dabur managed to increase its share to 12% during the first six months of 2016, as against 11.2% in the same period last year.

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