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Dec 29, 2016
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Cosmetics industry sees double digit fall post demonetisation

Published
Dec 29, 2016

Demonetisation has taken the make up off the beauty industry as the makeup category has witnessed a “double-digit” fall in sales, according to industry estimates. Overall numbers for the last two months, however, were not available as this category is not closely tracked.


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An industry official, on the condition of anonymity, said growth dropped across retail chains post demonetisation in a Times of India report.

Online beauty store Nykaa, too, missed its sales target in November. Nykaa clocked a 215% increase in year-on-year revenues in November 2016 as compared to November 2015.

When demonetisation caused a sudden crunch in cash in the hands of consumers, sales at Nykaa suffered minimal impact with revenues falling 5% below target for November 2016.

On the other hand, prepaid orders on Nykaa increased from 32% in the first week of November to 58% towards the end of the month, indicating that customers opted for cashless payments.

Falguni Nayar, founder & CEO, Nykaa, said, “Nykaa revenue has stayed on track despite demonetisation. While we did see a dip in sales in the second week of November, the increase in prepaid orders allowed us to finish the month with only a 5% target deficit. The launch of M.A.C Cosmetics along with other leading beauty brands like Clinique, Estée Lauder and K-beauty innovator Innisfree since November 2016 has generated a huge buzz on our platform.”

According to Euromonitor, the size of the Indian colour cosmetics market stood at Rs 5,380 crore in 2015.

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