In our recent visit to a high-end, popular consumer products store in a Mumbai suburb, we could palpably sense tremendous buoyancy in consumer sentiment, with extremely high footfalls. Change in consumer behaviour - a move from traditional to aspirational products which are high on convenience was apparent. Glass-based products were in high demand as the consumer stayed away from plastic, and more notably, steel products have been and continue to outprice themselves in the ongoing commodity price increase wave. Our...