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Meet Sugar: The “anti-establishment” beauty retailer Indian consumers crave

Inside Retail

It’s been quite a year for Indian beauty retailer Sugar, which has just concluded a $50 million Series D fundraise led by the Asia Fund of L Catterton. Consumers are at the heart of all we do. L Catterton’s strategic partnership with LVMH will also supercharge Sugar’s expansion in the near future. Celebrating uniqueness.

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Why Aussie beauty brand Cinch Skin changed its approach to retail partnerships

Inside Retail

One brand that is benefitting from this booming market is the Australian-owned and manufactured skincare business Cinch Skin, which is ready to scale globally after experiencing 500 per cent revenue growth in the past year, six years after being founded in 2016. It also sold products online and direct-to-consumer (DTC) via its own website.

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Inside Ikkari’s first physical store – and its plans for more

Inside Retail

After only six months of operations, Aje Collective’s beauty brand, Ikkari, launched its first physical location, with the promise of more to come. The business uses all-natural ingredients across a slew of products, ranging from skincare and ingestibles, to beauty and diffusers. Source: Supplied.

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How retail left the Baby Boomer generation and its “silver economy” on the table

Inside Retail

“Given this demographic’s consumption footprint is big and growing there is a call for brands to re-evaluate their marketing strategies; a critical starting point for brands to better diversify their marketing materials and strategies is to gain an intimate insight and understanding of their target audience,” Kopanidis told Inside Retail.

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“We see huge opportunities”: Inside Pet Circle’s $75m cash injection

Inside Retail

“We see huge opportunities in services like pet insurance and pharmacy, as well as [the use of] the Internet of Things around wellness and health tracking, with pet parents continually looking to improve their pet’s life and care,” Jamison told Inside Retail. Even within Pet Circle’s more traditional wheelhouse, there is growing competition.

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A sensory journey infused with traditional Chinese flavours!

Design Middleeast

The first time I saw the area, I was blown away by how beautiful it was. How technology is enhancing the consumer experience? Technology plays a pivotal role in enhancing the consumer experience at MOLI by SHI, where innovation meets culinary excellence. As Bluewaters started to get developed, I was going for running there.

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Indian vegan beauty brand Pilgrim reveals what’s next after raising US$1.6m

Inside Retail

Founded in 2019, Pilgrim is a direct-to-consumer (D2C) beauty and personal care brand in India that combines native beauty traditions from around the world with the wanderlust spirit of a modern millennial. The brand is devoted to “clean beauty” and strictly against animal testing. Hence, the name: Pilgrim.