Procter & Gamble sees double-digit sales growth in Indian market in Q1

P&G's archrival Unilever had also said that it had delivered strong Q1 sales growth in emerging markets, led by an uptick in volume growth

The world’s largest consumer goods company Procter & Gamble (P&G) appears to be getting its mojo back in the Indian market after a few years of struggle. The January-March 2018 period saw the company deliver double-digit sales growth in India, said Jon Moeller, P&G’s vice-chairman and chief financial officer. 
 

The maker of Vicks, Oral-B and Whisper announced its first-quarter financial results on Thursday, a day when it also said that it was buying the consumer health care business of drugmaker Merck in a $4.2 billion deal. 

In India, P&G operates through two listed and one unlisted company, which together delivered a