How pandemic has impacted incense market; check popular Incenza incense

How pandemic has impacted incense market; check popular Incenza incense

Popularly known as Agarbatti, this has seen stable demand during the pandemic and many people have switched to this for the peaceful environment. We have seen that in the past two years people have suffered a lot due to the pandemic. It has caused an unprecedented amount of time to be spent at home and … Read more

Agarbatti consumption increases by 30% to 40% during festival period: Ankit Agrawal, Zed Black  

Agarbatti consumption increases by 30% to 40% during festival period: Ankit Agrawal, Zed Black  

Covid impact on the agarbatti business has been positive, except for the disruption in the supply chain. India is the biggest exporter of incense sticks with exports to 150+ countries, like the US, the UK, Malaysia, and Nigeria being the top markets. Even as Covid-19 severely hampered businesses worldwide in 2020, India’s incense stick (agarbatti) industry faced little demand … Read more

Stopping imports of wood used in agarbatti can make India self-reliant: Piyush Goyal

Stopping imports of wood used in agarbatti can make India self-reliant: Piyush Goyal

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that in future, India can become self-reliant in the wood used for making agarbattis (incense sticks) by stopping its imports. While addressing the International Buyer-Seller meet on Agarwood products of Tripura, he also said that the Automobile Tyre Manufacturers Association can provide financial assistance to promote … Read more

Pandemic’s impact on Agarbathis, consumer choices for fragrances: Arjun Ranga, MD, Cycle Pure Agarbathi explains

Pandemic’s impact on Agarbathis, consumer choices for fragrances: Arjun Ranga, MD, Cycle Pure Agarbathi explains

Traditional fragrances like Jasmine, Chandan, Rose, Champa, and Loban are widely preferred in our country. The Covid-19 pandemic has hit everything in the world. From travel to industries to even agarbathis have not been spared. Like most other businesses, it also moved towards work from home mode. It was a challenge for the frontline sales … Read more