Nilkamal's Plastic Chair Empire: India's Boring Business Wins 2026
Nilkamal holds ~1/3 of India's moulded furniture market with 8 factories and 20,000 dealers—Peter Lynch was right: boring businesses beat glamorous ones every single time.
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