South Asia

PODCAST – Do the hustle: D’you founder on combating information overload in skin care

10-Jan-2022 By Amanda Lim

On this episode of Indie Pioneers, we chat with Shamika Haldipurkar, the founder and CEO of D’you, about the information overload in the skin care industry and how her company is aiming to combat it.

Double the Plum: Offline expansion will help vegan beauty brand capture larger share of the Indian market

19-Dec-2021 By Amanda Lim

Vegan beauty brand Plum is aiming to at least double its reach in the next eight to nine months following the launch of its first standalone retail store.

All that glitters: Nano Au Veda develops nano-gold serum to deliver luxury skin care experience

09-Dec-2021 By Amanda Lim

A newly launched India-based cosmeceutical brand Nano Au Veda has developed a nano-gold serum designed to give consumers a luxurious beauty experience.

Intimate business: India-based Sanfe targeting ‘underserved’ feminine hygiene market in lower-tier cities

08-Dec-2021 By Amanda Lim

Feminine hygiene brand Sanfe is aiming to expand into lower-tier cities in India, where it believes it can fill a major gap in the market.

Data-backed NPD: Purplle investing into tech that can help it ‘identify the bestsellers of tomorrow’

30-Nov-2021 By Amanda Lim

Indian beauty e-tailer and brand owner Purplle is set to make significant investments into technology that help them identify emerging trends well ahead of the market, after completing a U$75m funding drive.

‘Skin health the new status symbol’: Fixderma sets sights on global expansion following Lotus Herbals investment

29-Nov-2021 By Amanda Lim

Cosmeceutical company Fixderma is looking to expand the global reach of its derma beauty brand FCL with the help of Lotus Herbals, which recently acquired a 32% stake in the company.

Global ambitions: Forest Essential sets its sights on US, SEA and Middle East after UK launch

17-Nov-2021 By Amanda Lim

India’s Forest Essentials believes its launch with UK beauty e-tailer lookfantastic will help it to boost its international appeal as prepares to expand its footprint to the Middle East, South East Asia and the US in the next few years.

From Amazon Launchpad to Storefront: India’s iORA expands online presence to drive sales of new prebiotic skin care

15-Nov-2021 By Guan Yu Lim

New skin care brand iORA from Anita’s Aromatics has set up an Amazon storefront to boost online sales in India having recently launched a prebiotic skin care range.

‘Evolving perceptions’: Vedix expecting men’s category to account for 30% of total revenue in the next two years

10-Nov-2021 By Amanda Lim

India-based Ayurvedic beauty and wellness brand Vedix is aiming to fill the growing need for more sophisticated men’s personal care products in the market.

Hindustan Unilever ramping up ‘innovation intensity’ with premium brands Simple, Love Beauty and Planet

01-Nov-2021 By Amanda Lim

Hindustan Unilever has teased an “aggressive plan” with more new innovations in from its premium beauty portfolio, which consist of brands such as Simple, Love Beauty and Planet and Baby Dove.

‘Beauty BFF’: New POPxo beauty brand targets young South Asian consumers looking for affordable, easy-to-use products

27-Oct-2021 By Amanda Lim

Digital platform POPxo has entered the beauty space with a brand targeting young consumers looking for affordable and easy-to-use products and is aiming to hit U$13.9m in sales in the next 12 months.

Herbal help: Himalaya’s neem face wash clinically shown to reduce acne after four weeks while maintaining hydration

26-Oct-2021 By Guan Yu Lim

A herbal face wash manufactured by India-based Himalaya Drug Company has been clinically studied to prevent and reduce mild-to-moderate acne after four weeks of daily use.

‘Sephora for men’: MensXP CEO outlines how the company plans to conquer India’s male grooming sector

26-Oct-2021 By Amanda Lim

India-based e-commerce platform MensXP has its sights set on becoming the Sephora of the Indian male grooming market and has laid out a three-pronged strategy to achieve it.

One-step showstopper: Serum that contains 11 actives aim to help consumers overwhelmed by skin care choices

25-Oct-2021 By Amanda Lim

India-based beauty start-up D’you believes the number of single-ingredient skin care products have inadvertently created more confusion among beauty consumers and has developed an 11 active multitasking serum to tackle it.

‘Give more than we take’: Indian D2C brand Pilgrim pledges to become plastic positive beauty brand

18-Oct-2021 By Amanda Lim

Indian clean beauty brand Pilgrim has announced a new partnership that will help it to achieve its goal of becoming a company that has a positive net impact on the environment in terms of plastic footprint.