India Economic Summit: Festive season will only boost demand in the short term, says AT Kearney

Global consultancy AT Kearney on Thursday said the festive season will only boost demand in the short term.

In an interview to CNBC-TV18’s Rituparna Bhuyan, Saurine Doshi, Asia Pacific head, said, “FMCG sector has been growing at about 10 percent per annum. According to 2019 forecast, it will grow at only 1-2 percent. We do not expect Q2 and Q3 to be very different.”

On the auto sector, Doshi said he believes that the sector is seeing a fundamental restructuring of demand, “Ridesharing applications and the ability for people to kind of move around do have an impact on what they buy and where they buy.”