Azelis is predicting a shift towards products highlighting safety, transparency, and sustainability in India, amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) health crisis – with skin care set to become a cornerstone of consumers’ health and wellness concerns.
India’s professional beauty businesses can tap into the consumers’ need for self-indulgence as the sector moves forward from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The CEO of Indian brand SUGAR Cosmetics says the company will continue to invest in brick-and-mortar stores following the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
India’s beauty brands must learn to rely less on traditional channels and make the move to becoming ‘digital-first’ brands as uncertainty reigns supreme in the nation’s brick-and-mortar retail space.
Skin care brands in India have an opportunity to create products in contactless application formats to help Indian consumers avoid touching their face during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has clarified ‘misleading reports’ that it increased prices of its soaps amid India’s looming battle against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
India’s hair care market has yet to evolve past the basic products and routines, providing significant opportunities for brands – especially those which can use local ingredients.
India-based nutraceutical and cosmeceutical company Pure Nutrition has launched a range of cosmetic products to capitalise on the potential of the country’s U$8 billion-dollar beauty market.
Known for their natural less-is-more approach to beauty and eco-friendly efforts, Australian beauty brands are gaining a strong foothold in the Asia Pacific market and beyond.
The surge in the consumption of beauty products in India is giving rise to new trends, which are presenting significant opportunities for cosmetic companies and brands.
Indian natural beauty brand Herb Island sees potential to grow its business five-fold by concentrating efforts in the nation’s offline cosmetics space.
India-based SUGAR Cosmetics has launched its first store in North India as part of the firm’s aggressive plan to have more than 1000 brick-and-mortar stores by the end of this year.
The “lipstick index” may have been coined two decades ago, but it still rings true in India where sales remain strong amid a slump in overall economic growth.
India-based organic brand, BodyCafé, is gearing up for rapid expansion to capture the growing demand for organic products in the country’s booming beauty market.
The founders of India-based cosmetic brand Conscious Chemist are seeking to pave the way for sustainability in India’s cosmetics industry and work towards creating a circular economy within its ecosystem.
New research from Mintel revealed that a staggering 65% of Indian consumers have gone 12 months without wearing any sunscreen, and overall sun protection is poorly practised in the country, opening up new opportunities.
Italian firm Percassi Group has partnered with Reliance Brands to launch its men's cosmetics brand Womo in the Indian market as part of its international expansion drive.
A semi-judicial body set up after the roll-out of India’s new goods and services tax in 2017 has been taking action against a string of FMCG companies, after accusing them of not reducing prices on a range of products even though tax had been cut on these.
South Korean beauty giant Amorepacific Group has launched Etude House in India through beauty retailer Nykaa - its third brand to hit the market in the country after Innisfree and Laneige.
India’s Wipro Consumer Care has acquired Philippine personal care company Splash Corporation, with its CFO telling us the deal will fulfil its goal of becoming one of the top three personal care players in Asia.
Johnson & Johnson has defended its No More Tears baby shampoo after tests conducted by the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan concluded that it found formaldehyde in its products.
Research from Mintel reveals that almost 65% of Indian men are concerned about their appearance, creating opportunities for personal care companies to target them with more specialised products.
Behind the rising trend of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda beauty, there are challenges that formulators face when creating modern skin care products from millennia-old wellness concepts.
Iberchem Group will be unveiling a new fragrance and flavours creative centre in Goregaon, Mumbai, to host both Iberchem’s fragrance and Scentium’s flavours divisions.
India-based vegan beauty brand Plum is gearing up for expansion in “multiple directions” domestically, says its founder and director Shankar Prasad, after receiving funding from Unilever Ventures
Call it Blue Beauty, Conscious Business, or a Circular Economy; in any case small beauty brands and multinational cosmetics and personal care corporations are rethinking the status quo and working to ensure that the industry won’t be undone by thoughtless...
Asia dominates beauty and personal care sales when compared to its global counterparts, with an anticipated value increase of $33 bn (€29 bn) between 2017 and 2022.
Iba Halal Care, India’s only Halal-certified cosmetics brand, has raised $3m in Series-A funding to tackle expansion plans in the nation’s burgeoning sector.
Direct-selling beauty firm AVON has appointed a new General Manager to its Indian operations in bid to improve the company’s position in the country’s fast-growing market.
From packaging to logo design, home-grown Indian beauty brand Colorbar Cosmetics is changing its look in order to expand overseas and compete with global players in the market.
With a spotlight on entrepreneurial start-ups and small and medium enterprises, Singapore and South Korea have entered into two memorandums of understanding (MOU).
Growing in adoption in both established and emerging beauty and personal care markets, digital wallets and contactless card-based payments are on the rise.
The leading Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company, Hindustan Unilever (HUL), partners with Amazon India to develop and launch a male grooming range.
The Indian government is set to make it obligatory for cosmetics manufacturers to specify whether products contain animal-origin products or are in fact, vegetarian.
The recently released study, entitled Eco Personal Care Product, Microplastics in Cosmetics, indicates the high frequency of both microplastics and microbeads in cosmetics products in India.
Following the recent acquisitions of Trilogy and John Masters Organics, Ecovia Intelligence (formerly known as Organic Monitor) sees a growing interest in the burgeoning Asian-based naturals and organic market.
The partnership between leading chemicals distributor and supplier, Azelis and chemical specialist, Evonik, will see Azelis exclusively provide personal care ingredients to the Asia-Pacific (APAC) marketplace.
We caught up once again with Aditi Vyas, Director, Azafran Innovacion to discuss the drivers and considerations when positioning and launching organic products.
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