Colgate-Palmolive Q1 net profit falls 10.76% to Rs 169 cr; company appoints Ram Raghavan as Managing Director

New Delhi: FMCG major Colgate-Palmolive India Ltd (CPIL) on Thursday reported a 10.76 percent decline in net profit at Rs 169.11 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, owing to lower growth in rural markets. The company had posted net profit of Rs 189.51 crore in the April-June quarter last fiscal. Its total income during the quarter under review stood at Rs 1,100.03 crore, up 4.71 percent from Rs 1,050.46 crore reported in the corresponding quarter a year ago, CPIL said in a BSE filing. [caption id=“attachment_607783” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representative image. Colgate-Palmolive. Reuters.[/caption] “The current quarter saw a moderation in demand impacted by lower than expected growth in the rural markets. We do consider this trend to be temporary and expect a pickup over the coming quarters,” Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd Managing Director Issam Bachaalani said. Bachaalani said despite the moderation, the company continues to “remain focussed on strengthening the core of our business and investing in our advertising and brand building activities”. In a separate filing, Colgate-Palmolive said its board of directors has appointed Ram Raghavan as Managing Director of the company with effect from 1 August, 2019. Most recently, Raghavan has served as Vice-President Marketing of Asia Pacific Division of Colgate-Palmolive. Shares of Colgate-Palmolive were trading 3.04 percent higher at Rs 1203.20 apiece on BSE.