Gurugram-based skin clinic startup KorinMi has raised ₹10 crore from the Lotus Herbals Innovation Fund to scale its Korean beauty-inspired clinical model across Indian metros — marking the third investment from the $50 million fund and signalling where India's premium skincare services segment is heading.
The second edition of Mark Constantine's biography is more than a personal memoir — it is an involuntary case study in how values-driven brand architecture survives failure, crisis, and commercial pressure. Here are five brand strategy lessons every CMO and beauty brand leader should extract from the Lush model.
Peptide-powered formulations are moving far beyond anti-ageing serums — into colour cosmetics, scalp treatments, and neurocosmetic applications. This formulator-focused analysis decodes eight notable recent launches, the active peptides they deploy, and what India-based R&D teams need to know about usage rates, delivery, regulatory positioning, and sourcing.
Unilever's $270 million Global Innovation Centre in New Haven is more than a facilities upgrade — it is a structural statement about how AI, quantum computing, and integrated science disciplines are changing the speed and precision of beauty R&D. Here is what R&D teams and innovation managers need to extract from this investment.
FAFAI, India's apex fragrance and flavour body, is executing a multi-pronged strategy to elevate the country's standing in global F&F supply chains — through regulatory standardisation, natural ingredient leverage, and green chemistry. Here is what every procurement manager and formulator needs to understand about the opportunity and the obligations this creates.
Jaipur-based D2C brand Menhood has posted ₹41.4 crore in revenue for FY26, a 75.2% year-on-year jump — a number that tells a larger story about where India's men's grooming and intimate hygiene market is heading, and what it means for B2B players across the supply chain.
India's perfume market is undergoing a structural shift — from mass functional fragrance to premium, niche, and climate-responsive formulations. This B2B analysis unpacks the key trends, sourcing implications, and IFRA compliance requirements that procurement managers and brand formulators must act on now.
The most beautiful packaging in the world fails if it cannot survive a rider bag. This analysis examines how beauty brands can close the gap between packaging design ambition and the hard demands of modern fulfilment — from dark stores to doorsteps.