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Social commerce platform Meesho announced that it has integrated with the Union Government’s Open Network for Digital Commerce with the aim of creating a wide market for hyper-local suppliers across India.

L’Oréal has launched Shihyo, a cosmetics brand designed for North Asian consumers, in joint venture with Korean high-end hotel chain Hotel Shilla and the Anchor Equity Partners investment fund.

French fragrance and flavour manufacturer Mane Group has invested over Rs 190 crore in its Indian operations. The business has inaugurated its second largest manufacturing facility in India in Gujarat.

Multi-brand beauty and personal care retailer Nykaa has launched US based haircare brand Olaplex on its e-commerce store and in select brick-and-mortar outlets.

Shopping mall Phoenix Marketcity has partnered with Bollywood celebrity Shibani Dandekar Akhtar to launch and promote its Black Friday sale shopping event in Mumbai.

Actor Kajal Aggarwal has invested an undisclosed amount in direct-to-consumer (D2C) ayurveda brand ‘The Ayurveda Company’ (TAC).

Italian beauty brand Diego dalla Palma has entered the Indian market through a partnership with India’s leading distributor of international luxury beauty brands ‘Baccarose’.

Smytten-India’s largest tech-enabled product discovery and trial platform’s flagship ‘The Original Black Friday Sale’ event is currently underway and conclude on November 27.

FSN E-Commerce Ventures-owned beauty and fashion retailer Nykaa announced the departure of its chief financial officer Arvind Agarwal after a two-year stint.

Rows of sprawling cacti fill a valley in central Tunisia, where producers are hoping the spiky fruit can fuel a cosmetics cash-in.

The next round of talks for the upcoming India-UK trade deal is now scheduled to take place in December as the Union Government assures industries that the deal is still a top priority.

Direct-to-consumer personal care brand Pilgrim has named actor Kalki Koechlin as the brand ambassador for their French Vinothérapie range.

Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas' hair care brand, ‘Anomaly’ has partnered with e-commerce major Myntra to sell its products on the latter’s platform.

L’Oréal has appointed Aseem Kaushik as the managing director for the Indian market. He will succeed Amit Jain who will retire from the post this year-end.

​Farfetch had an unusual announcement to make with its Q3 results, as it said that gross merchandise value (GMV) actually fell in the period to the end of September.