HONASA
RVNL, REC among BSE500 stocks defying today's market downtrend
Despite gains for RVNL, CAMS, and REC, the bearish market saw Sensex and Nifty crashing. RVNL gained 8%, CAMS 4%, and REC over 3%. Mahindra & Mahindra fell 7%, signaling weak auto demand. Media, PSU banks, real estate, and oil and gas sectors suffered. Sensex and Nifty's crash impacted smallcaps significantly.
Purplle closes Rs 1,000 crore funding deal led by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Purplle has also announced a Employee Stock Ownership Plan (Esop) liquidity programme and will offer liquidity of Rs 50 crore to its employees. Company cofounder and CEO said they will constantly innovate their technology to provide the best for their customer. Purplle is one of the fastest-growing retailers in the beauty and personal care (BPC) segment, having grown its GMV by four times over the last three years.
Looking young and healthy is the new rich, says Varun Alagh
Through influencer marketing and product differentiation, skincare brands like Mamaearth and The DermaCo cater to a wide Indian audience. The industry's focus on active ingredients and transparency aligns with global skincare trends. Dermatologists and influencers continue to shape consumer preferences, emphasizing the importance of holistic skincare routines.
How Gen Z is retouching the rules of the skincare market in India
These youngsters are far more conscious of what goes on to their skin, compared to millennials and Gen X. They no longer chase basic whitening or moisturising creams. Influenced by social media, the young India have educated themselves on how each active ingredient works on their skin, even at the granular level of being aware of the exact percentage of ingredients used in products.
What Ghazal Alagh learned from Jeff Bezos? Mamaearth co-founder reveals her decision-making strategy
Ghazal Alagh, co-founder of Mamaearth, has adopted a strategic technique inspired by Jeff Bezos, aiming to enhance decision-making at Honasa Consumer Ltd. Her method involves visualizing consumers in strategic meetings, reflecting a customer-centric approach akin to Amazon's strategies. This innovation has garnered rapid engagement on LinkedIn, prompting discussions on the inclusion of employees in decision-making processes.
Govt’s focus on welfare to give tailwinds to consumption stocks
ICICI Securities prefers companies with strong execution due to shallow margin of safety in valuation multiples. Most shares trading at or above historical PE ratios.
D2C brands reduce ads amid complaints about misleading claims
Honasa Consumer, owner of Mamaearth, has reduced influencer posts after being named the biggest violator of advertising content for FY24. Other D2C players like HealthKart, FirstCry, and Lenskart were also noted as violators. ASCI's report highlighted misleading claims and promotion of harmful products as common violations.
Skincare brand Foxtale raises $18 million from Panthera Growth, others
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) skincare brand Foxtale has raised nearly Rs 150 crore in the latest funding round. It will use the capital mainly for expanding into newer categories, founder Romita Mazumdar told us. The company will foray into body care category which includes products like lotions and body wash, she added.
Funds make a beeline for beauty platforms; Purplle raises $100 million
ADIA leads a $100-million financing round in Mumbai-based beauty retailer Purplle at a valuation of $1.2-1.3 billion. Creaegis, a PE fund, is expected to join the funding round. MCaffeine, a caffeine-based skincare and haircare brand, is also in the middle of a fundraise process and exploring strategic investors. The funding would be in MCaffeine’s parent firm PepTechnologies, which houses skincare brand Hyphen, along with recent fundraise by Foxtale and Traya.
Block deal impact: Mamaearth shares fall 4% as 66 lakh shares change hands
Mamaearth Share Price: Shares of Honasa Consumer, owner of Mamaearth, dropped 4% post a block deal where 66.20 lakh shares exchanged at Rs 439 each, totaling Rs 291 crore. The deal, equivalent to a 2% stake, likely saw Fireside Ventures and Sofina Ventures as sellers, both holding significant stakes in Honasa Consumer.
IPO gold rush for investors; second-hand EV sales sputter
Happy Monday! Investors in new-age startups are set for huge gains as these firms list on the public markets. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
How investors struck gold in the new-age IPO boom
In the last month, several new-age companies backed by venture capital, have or are set to hit the public markets. This has resulted in a gold rush for their investors. Travel tech platform Ixigo is set to go public next week, while insurtech firm Go Digit and coworking startup Awfis have already listed on the exchanges in the past one month. Their investors, including Peak XV Partners, Elevation Capital, ChrysCapital and TVS Capital and A91 Partners, are sitting on multiple returns from some of these investments.
New-age stocks recover post poll results; Ixigo IPO launch
A day after election results, shares of new-age companies like Zomato and Delhivery made a sharp recovery on the bourses. A look at the numbers and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Honasa Consumer acquires cosmetic formulation brand CosmoGenesis
CosmoGenesis boasts of extensive expertise in various facets of cosmetics, coupled with rich experience in natural & organic formulations, it said. Commenting over the development, Honasa Consumer CIO and Co-Founder Ghazal Alagh said this alliance with CosmoGenesis will exponentially increase Honasa's ability to research new trends with greater efficiencies and help craft best-in-class products.
Confident of delivering 20% plus value growth for coming year: Ramanpreet Sohi, Honasa Consumer
We have delivered 7% EBITDA for the year and we are looking at about 150 bps expansion into next year.Now, of course out of this, two-third of this will be driven by marketing A&P efficiencies. I think one thing that everyone needs to understand is that we are building a house of brands.
Honasa shares surge 7% after reporting Rs 30 crore profit in Q4. Should you buy, sell or hold?
Honasa Consumer, the parent company of Mamaearth, saw its shares surge by 7% during Friday's trading session on the BSE, reaching a peak of Rs 447.70. This increase followed the announcement of a net profit of Rs 30.4 crore for the quarter ending March 2024, a significant improvement compared to the Rs 161.7 crore loss reported in the same quarter last year.
Stocks in news: Honasa Consumer, ITC, IndiGo, Vodafone Idea, ZEE
Honasa Consumer, which owns and operates Mamaearth, on Thursday reported a net profit of Rs 30.4 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2024.
Honasa Consumer acquires Cosmogenesis Labs for Rs 4 crore
Honasa Consumer, which owns and operates Mamaearth, on Thursday, reported a net profit of Rs 30.4 crore for the quarter ended March 2024. The company posted a loss of Rs 161.7 crore in the last year quarter.
Honasa Consumer Q4 Results: Co posts profit of Rs 30 crore; revenue rises 21% YoY
Honasa Consumer Q4 Results: Revenue from operations in the fourth quarter increased 21% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 471 crore against Rs 388 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. The company clocked its highest-ever profit during the March quarter, which led to a 780-bps improvement in EBITDA margins YoY.
Load More
