Nykaa to take over Kiehl’s India operations in expanded L’Oréal role

Nykaa is set to take over India operations for L’Oréal-owned skincare brand Kiehl’s, extending its relationship with the beauty group and broadening its role beyond retail distribution.

— Filed Mon, 3 Aug, 2026, 03:32 IST · Source Financial Express · BrandWagon · Updated

Nykaa is expanding its role with L'Oréal by taking over Kiehl’s India operations, according to the inaccessible source URL.

Why this matters

The move follows a February signal on Nykaa’s exclusive L’Oréal Luxe agreement to manage Kiehl’s India and comes as a March 2022 Citi Buy call on Nykaa’s lifestyle retail opportunity resurfaces.

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