₹6,756 crore, compared to ₹6,060 crore in the previous year. Sales stood at ₹39,136 crore, marginally up 1.44 per cent.HUL, which owns popular brands like Lux, Lifebuoy, Surf Excel, Rin, Pond's, Vaseline, Lakme, Dove and Brooke Bond, added that the pandemic has also impacted consumer behaviour and demand patterns."Health and hygiene essentials have seen an upswing with household stocking and increased awareness.
Consumption trend in other essentials such as fabric solutions, coffee, oral care is fairly neutral," Mehta said."We are enhancing the capacities of home and hygiene products, which are extremely critical for our consumers in these times," he added.