Actis may sell holding in Super-MaxFounder-fund spat may halve value of British private equity firm’s 8-year-old investment.
26 Mar, 2019, 07.45 AM IST
How grooming brands are chasing the new age menAre new-age men's grooming brands doing enough to make their presence felt on and off the shelves?
01 Dec, 2018, 02.07 PM IST
How subscription model is a test of loyalty for companies like Netflix, HotstarThe model, once restricted to a few products, is now being used for a range of offerings.
18 Nov, 2018, 01.01 PM IST
Colgate-Palmolive buys 14% stake in Bombay Shaving CompanyThe startup makes men’s grooming products including razors, blades, facial scrubs, shaving cream, postshave balms, shaving brushes, towels ...
23 Aug, 2018, 01.46 PM IST
Colgate-Palmolive picks Bombay Shaving Company for first Indian investmentPrimary investment is pegged at about Rs 18 crore, with the Hong Kong arm of the global consumer company leading the round and picking up a...
22 Aug, 2018, 11.45 PM IST
Facebook Video Ads Build Brands - Ryan Andreas, Quantified CommerceThe internet is running the television ad industry out of business. A recent study showed that 84% of its respondents wanted to fast forwar...
30 Jul, 2018, 04.10 PM IST
How startups take on consumer giantsThe Indian fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) space, traditionally dominated by multinationals, has spawned 1,300 startups in a very short s...
09 Oct, 2017, 01.00 AM IST
Bombay Shaving Gets Rs 14 crore fundingIt is looking to use the capital raised to fuel its branding efforts, new product development and expansion into offline sales channels lik...
23 Aug, 2017, 12.59 AM IST
Azim Premji, Mariwala back consumer brands focused venture capital firm FiresideThe backing by the family offices, which till now have been primarily investing in technology-focused venture capital funds, indicates a br...
12 Jun, 2017, 10.45 AM IST
Subscriptions may soon drive consumer marketStartups like The Moja Club, Bombay Shaving Company, Raw Pressery, LetsShave and Ustraa have been selling daily use items directly to subsc...
06 Oct, 2016, 12.10 AM IST
How a bunch of men’s grooming startups take on the big blades in the sectorLike Bombay Shaving, a bunch of startups such as The Man Company, Ustraa, LetsShave and Beardo is getting into the men’s shaving game.
28 Aug, 2016, 04.18 AM IST
Rs 4 crore grooming kit for Bombay Shaving CoThe 10-month-old internet first company is looking to tap the largely monopolised and growing men’s grooming market with its differentiated...
10 Aug, 2016, 04.38 AM IST
Ritesh Jain’s what I read this week: Money trail & TN’s ticking time bombA continued increase in service tax over the past few years could have led to tax avoidance by small business owners, leading to more cash ...
06 Aug, 2016, 10.51 AM IST
Wishbone - a four-month-old app that lets you poll your friends and has 3 million usersIn the morning and at night, Wishbone releases a dozen "cards." Each card contains a poll. Nicki Minaj or Taylor Swift? Cookies or donuts?
01 Oct, 2015, 02.35 PM IST
- Steve Jobs, from dropout to Apple visionary
Apple's luster faded after Jobs left, but they reconciled in 1996 with Apple buying NeXT for 429 million dollars and Jobs ascending once ag...
17 Jan, 2011, 10.56 PM IST
- India Inc's billion-dollar club shrinks by 38%
The number of cos with market capitalisation exceeding billion dollars has shrunk to 139 from 227 at the peak of the bull run. Young Billio...
20 Sep, 2008, 07.10 PM IST
- 'IMF should warn in advance on financial turbulence'
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown wants International Monetary Fund to give early warning on financial turbulence.
21 Jan, 2008, 09.00 PM IST