The Pierre Fabre Group, which is behind brands like Avène and Klorane, has unveiled its Green Impact Index, a tool destined to provide users with information on the environmental and societal impact of its cosmetics.

​Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has announced the appointment of Kedar Lele as executive director of customer development with effect from July 1, 2021. 

Visage Lines’ personal care and beauty brand Bombay Shaving Co has appointed Siddha Jain to lead the women’s beauty and personal care business for the brand and promoted Deepak Gupta to COO. 

​Leading FMCG brand Mamaearth has launched its first television commercial in the Indian market featuring the daughter-mother duo of Sara Ali Khan and Amrita Singh.

German aesthetician Dr Barbara Sturm's eponymous brand has launched in India exclusively with Nykaa on the e-commerce platform’s ‘Global Store’ dedicated to international brands.

Amazon India has seen its e-commerce customers take advantage of relaxing retail and lockdown regulations and has reported increased traffic across multiple product categories on its e-commerce store.

​Inditex bounced back with a vengeance in Q1 with the Spanish fashion retail giant reporting higher profits and saying its sales grew 50% year-on-year. Sales in Q2 so far have also exceeded those of Q2 2019.

On June 7, malls in Delhi reopened to the public after being shut for around two months due to the pandemic. Malls have an array of new health and safety measures in place, but consumer sentiment remains tentative.

​India’s leading innerwear and loungewear brand Clovia has strengthened the product portfolio for its newly launched personal care brand Botaniqa with the launch of face serums.

On June 7, e-commerce giant Flipkart launched a new contactless, QR-code-based payment facility for all of its pay-on-delivery orders to encourage digital payments.

Dabur India Ltd has strengthened its Vatika portfolio with the launch of ‘germ protection shampoo', which it claims protect against germs and the coronavirus.

Dabur India Ltd witnessed a 34 percent jump in its consolidated net profit at Rs 378 crore ($51.7 million) during the fourth quarter ended March 31, as against Rs 281 crore in the year-ago period.

Fast-moving consumer goods giant Emami has increased its product prices by 4% on average this fiscal year in a move designed to retain its profit margin and has launched rural expansion project ‘Khoj’ in Uttar Pradesh.

Lotus Organics has collaborated with online handicraft retailer Exclusive Lane to promote its eco-friendly products as part of the World Environment Day celebrations.

On Thursday, Swiss group Givaudan announced a new partnership with Chinese website Tmall to accelerate perfume creation by analysing consumer behaviour data.

​Body Shop owner Natura &Co has unveiled Fable Investments, a investment vehicle set up to support beauty, health and wellness companies. And its first investment is in Britain's Perfumer H.