Trending: Apr 09- Apr 16 : Hindustan Unilever acquires Indulekha brand for Rs330 crore - GlobalCosmeticsNews (press release)
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 Hindustan Unilever acquires Indulekha brand for Rs330 crore  Daily free business news on Asia & Australasia cosmetics industry featuring finance, environmental, ingredients, marketing, manufacturing, packaging, products, regulations, retail, technology. Stocks in focus: Jain Irrigation, Escorts, Deepak Fert, Chambal Fertilisers, Nestle,  Shares of fertiliser, irrigation systems and agri machinery manufacturers were in lime Unilever re-enters India's hair care segment  Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has completed its acquisition of an ayurvedic hair and personal care brand in India. Patanjali spurs hiring in ayurveda  At a time when most companies were charging a premium for organic products, the fact that Patanjalis products are cheaper than most other competing brands did the trick. HUL woos online sellers with warehouse scheme  Consumer products giant Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) is renting out space in its New Delhi warehouse to online sellers to stock their products at a subsidized rate. In return, the sellers will push HUL products on online marketplaces and the New Delhi warehouse will be used to deliver the products. Nestle climbs over 5% as Maggi clears CFTRI test  Nestle jumped over 5 per cent Rs 6,185.05 after the FMCG major said its popular product Maggi cleared tests conducted by Central Food Technological Research Institute under the directive of Supreme Court, reiterating that the instant noodles brand is safe for consumption. Lower commodity prices to push pretax profit growth: Crisil  Revenue growth will remain lacklustre at around 2% due to patchy demand recovery and low pricing power, says the report Be a 'deshbhakt', use our products, exhorts Patanjali advertisement  An advertisement for a toothpaste made by Patanjali Ayurved asks customers to 'Focussed on where we are going to add more value to customers in India'
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Reliance Retail looks to reinvent itself  Under consolidation plan, Reliance Super and Reliance Mart will be brought under one brand Combat dehydration with home-made flavoured water  You need to choose hydrating fluids that are not just healthy and low in calories, but are also full of flavours which prompt you to reach out for them throughout the day. How startups are reaching out to children to seed brand awareness among its future consumers  Pom Pom is growing with kids, especially because its an environment-friendly initiative and helps in inculcating good habits at a younger age, Consumer forum clears 12 cases on Day 1 The Kolhapur division of the state consumer forum cleared as many as 12 cases on Monday. It is scheduled to hold hearings of around 20 cases on Tuesday.The three-day visit of the forum has started from Monday. Amazon finds Bengaluru consumers most health conscious  Bengaluru has also emerged as the city most enthusiastic about sports, with maximum sales of sports the city. While the city consumers bought badminton products more than any other sports, Mumbai favoured football. Delhi consumers also bought badminton-related goods the most. Somasekhar Sundaresan: Gurus India's regulatory framework  The strategies that the gurus adopted to build their successful business empires over the past two decades could hardly be adopted by businesses that openly claim to be businesses CFTRI has cleared all samples of Maggi: Nestle  Nestle said on Monday that the CFTRI has cleared all samples of its instant snack brand Maggi noodles, stating that all 29 samples tested by the research institute are clear. Home-grown Amul, Mother Dairy, Britannia giving MNCs like Nestle, Mondelez PepsiCo a run for their money  According to Euromonitor, the Indian packaged foods market stood at Rs 2,572 billion last calendar, up about 15% from Rs 2,232 billion in 2014. Facebook to add new robot-based service to its messenger app: Report  The new bots are expected to be only a fraction of the improvement to the messenger app. There are good reasons for market's monsoon obsession  The benchmark indices of the domestic equity market have closer linkages with rural demand, and how! Some of the key components of BSE benchmark Sensex such as FMCG firms ITC and Hindustan Unilever; auto companies M&M, Bajaj Auto and Hero Honda and, to some extent, Tata Motors derive huge shares of their sale revenues from the rural belt. Spirituality in a bottle: Indian guru builds empire on 'holy' bodywash for the faithful  Yoga teacher Baba Ramdev is now a key political figure as his retail empire takes
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