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Bombay Shaving Company to launch two new brands this Spring
Personal care brand Bombay Shaving Company plans to launch two new brands and 15 new products by March this year.
Beauty
Shoppers Stop sees strong sales in beauty segment, launches new brands online
Multi-brand retailer Shoppers Stop has seen strong sales in its beauty segment, especially in eyes and skin categories, and is expanding its online shopping features to cater to the new shopping paradigm.
Beauty
Ayurvedic brand Kapiva sees revenue increase, aims for profitability in two years
Ayurvedic personal care and nutrition brand Kapiva has seen its revenue grow twofold from March 2019 to March 2020 and expects to reach profitability in the next two years.
Beauty
Bombay Shaving Company seeks to disrupt market with new product line and campaign
Personal care brand Bombay Shaving Company has diversified its product portfolio by launching a shaving product line for women with a campaign starring VJ Bani, Maanvi Gagroo, and Sayani Gupta.
Beauty
Unilever Q3 improves, upscale beauty does well
Unilever had upbeat news on Thursday. Despite currency effects sending its turnover down overall, it released Q3 figures that showed underlying sales growth (USG) of 4.4%, and prestige beauty was buoyant.
Beauty
L'Oreal tipped to name deputy CEO Hieronimus as new chief
French cosmetics company L'Oreal is set to name deputy Chief Executive Officer Nicolas Hieronimus as its new chief, replacing long-time boss Jean-Paul Agon, French newspaper Le Figaro reported late on Tuesday.
Beauty
Emmbros Overseas name Tara Sutaria as brand ambassador of St Botanica
Emmbros Overseas has named Bollywood actress Tara Sutaria as the brand ambassador of its beauty brand St Botanica.
Beauty
Johnson & Johnson launches new baby care product range for Indian market
Personal care Johnson & Johnson has reported increased demand in the Indian market and announced that it has launched a new range of ‘Cottontouch’ baby care products.
Beauty
Shoppers Stop evaluates CEO and managing director candidate
Fashion and lifestyle business Shoppers Stop is evaluating a candidate for the role of CEO and managing director, following the resignation of previous executive Rajiv Suri.
Fashion
Himalaya Hair Care partners with Tetseo Sisters for new campaign
Natural beauty and wellness brand Himalaya’s hair care segment, Himalaya Hair Care, has partnered with the music group, Tetseo Sisters, to launch a new multi-media advertising campaign.
Beauty
Estée Lauder takes profit hit, will close stores, cut up to 2,000 jobs
Estée Lauder forecast current-quarter profit below analysts’ estimates on Thursday and also said it would cut around 3% of its workforce and close up to 15% of its standalone stiores.
Beauty
L'Oréal sales fall is worse than expected, travel retail suffers
Sales at Maybelline maker L’Oréal fell more sharply than expected in the second quarter, though the French beauty giant managed to contain any major profit erosion as the COVID-19 pandemic forced stores to close.
Luxury
Freewill carving a niche with customized hair care solutions
Freewill co-founders, Mohit Yadav and Rahul Yadav, in an exclusive interview with FashionNetwork.com talk about their journey, the impact of Covid-19, and expansion plans.
Beauty
Nykaa sees online sales recover, delays expansion
Multi-brand online beauty and fashion retailer Nykaa expects e-commerce sales to reach close to 85% of its February sales by the end of the month with offline sales taking longer to recover.
Fashion
FMCG and consumer businesses seek GST reduction to increase consumer demand
A number of fast-moving consumer goods and consumer businesses have asked the government to grant goods and service tax cuts ahead of the upcoming GST Council meeting, with the aim of igniting consumer demand.
Beauty
FMCG businesses look to automation to solve labour shortage issues
As a shortage of workers leads fast moving consumer goods businesses to struggle to keep up with consumer demand, a number of businesses are looking to automation to solve the issue.
Beauty