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Signals from Business of Fashion · Retail
- Secret Alchemist wins BoF Beauty Innovation Award, flagged as India masstige investment prospect
- Aditya Birla's $1.7B fashion empire splits into ABFRL and ABLBL to defend turf from Reliance and Trent
- BoF Global Forum 2026 to spotlight Nykaa, Sephora, Space NK leaders on localised retail playbooks
- L'Oréal to Acquire Majority Stake in India's Innovist
- New Balance's India partner Brandman to scale from 22 to 116 stores by 2028, adding Salomon, Saucony, Anta
- Family offices and sovereign funds fill luxury M&A void as PE and conglomerates retreat
- Estée Lauder Takes Full Control of Forest Essentials in India Ayurveda Bet
- USTR Floats 12.5% Tariff on Indian Imports Over Forced-Labour Gaps
- USTR Floats 12.5% Tariff on Indian Apparel Imports in Forced-Labour Probe
- Estée Lauder Walks From Puig, Pivots to Niche Bolt-Ons After Forest Essentials Buyout
- Beauty Giants Stall as US Demand Softens; L'Oréal, Puig Pivot to India and SEA
- Unilever Sheds $33B Food Arm to Build Pure-Play Beauty Conglomerate
- Nykaa Q4 Profit Nearly Quadruples as Beauty, Fashion Segments Outpace Indian Market
- Kolkata Emerges as India's Untapped Luxury Frontier as Bulgari, Grand Seiko Move In
- Unilever Ventures backs India's Secret Alchemist as brand lands BoF 2026 finalist slot
- Polyester squeeze tests fashion's price discipline as Hormuz risk lifts oil through 2026
- India's beauty playbook: e-commerce-first via Nykaa, Tira as luxury segment races to $4B by 2035
- Nykaa Ties Up With Deepika Padukone as Prestige Skincare Growth Cools to 3%
- Estée Lauder Acquires India's Forest Essentials in Surprise Ayurvedic Beauty Deal
- Nykaa Signs Deepika Padukone Amid Beauty's Intensifying 'Foundation Wars'