Premium wellness gives itself a rejuvenating treatment: Open-air therapies, home workouts likely to be the next normalRevamped strategies include virtual workouts, holistic treatments with minimal face-to-face interaction and offerings that promote immunity.
12 Oct, 2020, 09.54 AM IST
Online theatre, UV rays to wash vessels: High-end clubs get social but keep distancing rulesLifestyle clubs turn to innovative ways of keeping members connected, even as they reopen with fresh protocols in place
12 Oct, 2020, 08.10 AM IST
From panic buying, consumers have moved on to indulgent buying during the pandemicAs people hunker down at homes, fearing for their health, worried about their jobs and bored out of their minds, a variant of The Lipstick ...
23 Aug, 2020, 10.17 AM IST
FMCG firms report sales growth in June as supply chains stabiliseFirms such as Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) and Marico expect overall growth in the April-June quarter, which was severely impacted d...
08 Jul, 2020, 10.27 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 79: Coming out of covid slumpA high level Empowered Group of Secretaries will chalk out investment plan to push 'Make in India' drive. The group will also open up chall...
11 Jun, 2020, 05.02 PM IST
Hygiene fee temporary measure to ensure safety: Lakme LeverSalons have started charging 'hygiene fee' from customers anywhere between Rs 100-Rs 200, after curbs on the lockdown lifted, following hyg...
11 Jun, 2020, 03.25 PM IST
Salons go for makeover before throwing doors openGrooming services are getting back to business armed with new safety protocols and products.
06 Jun, 2020, 07.56 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
As the great reopening gets underway starting Monday, how will the consumption story pan out?The lockdown has seen people exhausting their stock of liquor, cigarettes and other sin goods.
03 May, 2020, 01.27 PM IST
Government to set up 20 lakh 'Suraksha' retail shops to provide daily essentialsThe Suraksha Stores initiative will convert the neighbourhood kirana stores into sanitised retail outlets selling daily essentials while ad...
12 Apr, 2020, 03.03 PM IST
Co-living spaces are the next big trend among working millenials in BengaluruStudents and young professionals are escaping moody landlords and taking refuge in co-living spaces.
19 Mar, 2019, 08.36 PM IST
Love your monthly spa treatments? Watch out, salons can be a petri dish of germs and infectionsTo avoid ruining your looks and health, be alert to potential health hazards the next time you go to a salon.
23 Jan, 2018, 10.29 AM IST
Here's how 12 homemakers became millionairesThe women featured here are diverse, both in circumstances that propelled them towards business and in the challenges they had to face in t...
29 Aug, 2017, 05.27 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
Nine ventures from expat entrepreneurs giving their best shot in the Indian startup boomYou know that India is witnessing a startup boom when a bunch of foreign entrepreneurs and NRIs band together to form an Expat Entrepreneur...
24 May, 2015, 11.32 AM IST
How India Inc can make their CSR spends countET reports how India Inc can go beyond chequebook philanthropy and backing causes on a whim to become changemakers in the truest sense.
03 Jan, 2013, 11.13 AM IST
Check out the lazy Indian's guide to good lifeGod bless entrepreneurship. Now you don’t have to move out of the house. You can do your grocery shopping, clothes shopping, shoe shopping ...
03 Jun, 2012, 06.14 AM IST