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Dabur rolls out Uveda range of skincare products (under the brand Uveda) 
August 5
Dabur India has introduced its ayurvedic range of skincare products under the brand Uveda. The company has come out with products in three skincare segments of fairness cream, moisturiser and face wash. Dabur would compete with Hindustan Unilever and Emami in the estimated Rs. 22 billion skincare segment.
Source: Financial Chronicle.
Dabur comes up with latest newu store in Delhi
August 28
Amidst speculations about the prospects of the health & beauty concept of Dabur, the company seems well sticking to its guns, even as the latest newu store opened at the DLF Promenade Mall, in Vasant Kunj in New Delhi.Spread across a 3,000 square feet area, the latest newu store has almost all the top-selling cosmetic brands on its shelves. The store marks the debut of full line of colour cosmetics, skin care and fragrance ranges of the international brand-Elizabeth Arden. The store also has a prestige range of fragrances of DKNY, Kenzo, Aligner and Carolina Harrera.
Source: India Retailing
Dr Batra services now on mobile (plans to launch a service to treat patients through mobile phones)
August 19
Dr Batra's Positive Health Clinic plans to launch a service to treat patients through mobile phones. The company has introduced mHealth, a mobile phone application. The company is targeting over 40 crore cellphone users in India for the service.
Source: Business Standard.
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VLCC scouts for acquisitions, mulls JV with US Co in Spa biz (on a land it has acquired near Delhi)
August 19
VLCC, a beauty and wellness firm, is scouting for acquisitions in the wellness space in India and abroad and is planning to form a joint venture with a US-based company engaged in the medical spa business on a land it has acquired near Delhi. VLCC gets 65 percent of its turnover from its centres that offer weight-loss solutions and beauty treatments. The company intends to set up 35 centres in the Middle-East with an investment of Rs. 1.3 billion by 2010-2011.
Source: Economic Times.
Dr Reddy's launches skin care product Strea
August 13
Drug maker Dr Reddy's Laboratories today said it has launched a skin-care product, Strea Professional, in the country. The product has been launched in three variants and will be available through leading cosmetologists, dermatologists and plastic surgeons across the country. The product has been in-licensed from Italy's Gruppo Phitogen, the company further said. According to an industry estimate, the market size of the aesthetics industry in India is about Rs 1 billion
Source: Business Standard
Santoor on a roll
August 17
Santoor became the largest brand in its category in South India in value market share, though the company has just 7.5 per cent share in the Indian personal care soap market worth around Rs 80 billion. In other markets, Santoor has gradually begun to garner market share. In Maharashtra, it is number three in terms of value though the brand is almost neck-and-neck with Lifebuoy in rural Maharashtra, with a market share of 22.7 per cent (Lifebuoy is at 22.9 per cent). The popularity of the brand in the villages is evident from the fact that while Santoor grew at 18 per cent in the first quarter of FY10, 55 per cent of the volume came from rural India.
Source: Business Standard
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Steiner Leisure Limited to Operate a new Spa at the Four Points by Sheraton Navi Mumbai
August 27
Steiner Leisure Limited announced that its Chavana brand has entered into an agreement to operate a spa facility at the Four Points by Sheraton Navi Mumbai, India, a Starwood Hotels and Resorts property. The term of the agreement is ten years. The term of the agreement is ten years. The spa is likely to offer unique signature treatments by Chavana Spa, and will offer both local and Balinese treatments. The spa plans to feature a dedicated reception and retail area, along with four single treatment rooms, each including rain showers, and one with a sunken Jacuzzi tub. The spa is estimated to open at the beginning of November 2009.
Source: FTN News
Emami all set to unveil Rs 55 billion investment plan
August 13
Kolkata's leading corporate house, the Rs. 20 billion Emami group, is poised to unveil a Rs 55 billion investment plan for its flagship Emami and group companies. The move is in sync with its plans to become a Rs 60 billion group over the next two years. The group, promoted jointly by R S Agarwal and R S Goenka, joint chairmen of the Emami group, have worked out a detailed investment strategy for group companies.
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