Of kitchens & cosmetics: Snabbit forays into beauty services after home cooksInstant house help platform Snabbit has launched a salon-at-home offering, connecting customers with beauty professionals within minutes. P...
21 May, 2026, 04.27 PM IST
'Drank almost a bottle a night': Aamir Khan recalls how he turned to alcohol despite being teetotaller after divorce from Reena DuttaBollywood star Aamir Khan revealed a difficult period after his first divorce from Reena Dutta. He turned to alcohol, consuming nearly a bo...
10 Apr, 2026, 08.59 AM IST
These large-caps have ‘strong buy’ & ‘buy’ recos and an upside potential of up to 25%The official kickoff of the Q4 earnings season happens when a large IT company announces its results, although the quarter’s business updat...
07 Apr, 2026, 06.23 AM IST
Ex-Nexus executive Komal Solanki launches 10-minute beauty service platform Dazzl, raises $3 million from StellarisKomal Solanki, a former Nexus Venture Partners executive, has unveiled Dazzl, a beauty service app designed to provide salon and spa treatm...
19 Dec, 2025, 12.34 PM IST
Thousands of Afghan salons set to shut shop as Taliban deadline nearsThousands of beauty salons across Afghanistan are shutting down following an order by the Taliban regime that prohibits women from operatin...
25 Jul, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
More men book salon appointments post-Covid, hair and facial grooming take centre stageMen were more eager to shed their 'lockdown' looks than women.
07 Sep, 2020, 11.00 AM IST
Covid-19 Impact: Beauty parlours to undergo seismic shift in the new normalLeading salons such as Lakme, BBlunt, Enrich and Bodycraft are planning a seismic shift in day-to-day operations to inculcate safety measur...
14 May, 2020, 12.15 PM IST
What the beauty business needs: Long-wear lipsticks and nail polishes, 24-hour moisturisersThe future of the beauty industry belongs not to the brand that is the largest, but to the one that is most inventive.
14 Dec, 2016, 05.42 PM IST
As mercury rises, home salon apps a hitRecognizing shifting consumer preferences in big cities, startups like EazySalon and MyGlamm and chains like Jean-Claude Biguine have begun...
16 Apr, 2016, 12.57 PM IST
GlamStudios offers premium beauty services at affordable ratesThe company is creating a tech-driven chain of budget salons through aggregation, standardisation and brand association.
10 Feb, 2016, 03.55 PM IST
How some online beauty services are trying to draw users away from brick-and-mortar salonsBeauty services is a highly specialised field and hyperlocal startups don’t have the skills on their own to be successful in this space.
03 Jan, 2016, 04.19 AM IST
With 50-70% regular customers, beauty startups plan shift to app-based platformsMany of the beauty and wellness startups take bookings by phone and about 50-70% of their customers are regulars, spending Rs 1,500 - Rs 1,...
01 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Startups: Home delivery of products, services grow with increasing usage of appsHome delivery of products, services and increasing usage of mobile phones and messaging apps such as WhatsApp is prompting several startups...
03 Feb, 2015, 05.23 AM IST
For Mumbai's men, a basic haircut will soon lose its cool factorOne type of business though often seems to resist change. Men's salons cling on to locations, long after other establishments around them d...
10 Jan, 2015, 12.07 PM IST
IvyCap Ventures to invest in beauty & grooming online retailer PurplleBoth IvyCap and Purplle confirmed the investment, but refused to disclose the size of the deal. IvyCap typically invests Rs 15-30 crore in ...
06 Jan, 2015, 05.02 AM IST
Consumers spending big money to get perfect lookThe middle class may be tightening their belts, but upper-middle class consumers are spending up to Rs 2 lakh on the wedding day to get tha...
14 Dec, 2013, 04.58 AM IST
- Beauty business set to boom
Beauty consciousness has dawned on rising affluence. With an increase in the number of households upgrading to a higher consumption lifesty...
20 Jun, 2011, 09.29 AM IST