🇮🇳 Noel Tata takes indirect control of India’s $165 Billion Tata Group. The billionaire industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata, a former group chairman and then …
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How Global Brands Tap India’s $130 Billion Wedding Market
This summer’s marriage between Anant Ambani, the son of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, and Radhika Merchant put the global spotlight on Indian weddings like …
Unilever India’s Profit Disappoints on Sluggish Consumer Demand
Hindustan Unilever Ltd. posted an underwhelming quarterly profit weighed down by muted consumer demand during India’s scorching summer season and rising inflation. The Indian unit …
D’you Shakes Up India’s Beauty Start-Up Scene
NAPA, CALIFORNIA – While many Indian beauty start-ups tend to emphasise natural ingredients, skincare brand D’you is taking the opposite approach. “The narrative that is …
Picky Consumers Jilting Big Brands Are Unilever India’s New Risk
The largest consumer company in the world’s most populous nation has provided everyday products from detergent to instant coffee to Indians for decades. Now Hindustan …
Luxury Bets on ‘India’s Silicon Valley’
For a certain group of people in ‘India’s Silicon Valley’, status is everything. The city at the heart of this dynamic tech hub, Bengaluru, has …
Competition Heats Up in India’s Jewellery Sector
Titan Company, India’s largest watch and jewellery group, is on a spending spree. Last year, the Bengaluru-based firm opened three stores for its gold and …
India’s Nykaa Posts Slowest Revenue Growth Since Listing Amid Stiff Competition
FSN E-Commerce Ventures, parent of cosmetics-to-fashion retailer Nykaa, on Monday reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth since listing, hurt by stiff competition in its mainstay …
Qatar Investment Authority Invests $1 Billion in India’s Reliance Retail Ventures
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund invested 82.78 billion rupees ($1 billion) into India’s biggest brick-and-mortar retailer as Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani looks to rapidly expand …
Worldview: India’s Jewellery Giants Accelerate International Expansion Plans
THIS WEEK IN GLOBAL MARKETS Indian gold and diamond jewellery giants announce expansion plans. Tata Group’s watches and jewellery unit Titan revealed it is planning …
From Cannes to the Met Gala: How India’s Sari Is Taking Over the World
When Dior showed off its Autumn/Winter 2023 collection in March with a catwalk event in Mumbai, it was lauded as a “watershed” fashion moment of recognition for …
India’s Textile Industry Faces Tough Times as Consumers Cut Spending
India’s $200 billion textile and apparel industry is facing a crisis as consumers in the United States, Europe and other big markets have cut spending on clothing …
The BoF Podcast: Understanding India’s Ascent
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How to Tap India’s $15 Billion Diwali Shopping Opportunity
Mohita Aggarwal is planning on wearing a combination of local and international brands for this year’s Diwali season. The 38-year-old homemaker from the northern city …
India’s Reliance Launches First In-House Premium Fashion Store
Reliance Industries Ltd’s retail unit launched its first in-house premium fashion and lifestyle store on Thursday, as the billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led company continues to grab …
India’s Reliance Retail in Talks for Rights of Beauty Retailer Sephora
Reliance Retail, run by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd, is in advanced talks to get the rights for beauty retailer Sephora in …
US Demand to Lift India’s Lab-Made Diamond Exports to $8 Billion
India, which cuts or polishes about 90 percent of the diamonds sold in the world, is ramping up sales of laboratory-made gems as demand from …
Why Billionaire Industrialists Are Snapping Up India’s Fashion Brands
The dealings of Asia’s second-richest man demonstrate how investors’ motivations can be far more complex and multi-faceted than they seem. Reliance Industries Limited chairman Mukesh …
Goldman-Backed Beauty Start-Up Becomes India’s Newest Unicorn
Online cosmetics retailer Purplle raised capital at a $1.1 billion valuation, becoming the second billion-dollar company to be created in India this week despite souring …
L Catterton Invests in India’s Sugar Cosmetics
The private equity firm backed by LVMH and Group Arnault led the $50 million funding round and was joined by the cosmetics company’s existing investors …