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Rivpra Formulations, a leading pharmaceutical company, has made a significant foray into the Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) segment with the unveiling of…
Retail India News: Sleepyhead Launches First Retail Store in India
Sleepyhead, a leading D2C lifestyle and innovative sleep solutions brand, has opened its first offline retail store in India. Launched in Banaswadi,…
[Funding Alert] Nat Habit Bags $10.2 mn in Series B Funding to Accelerate Growth
Nat Habit has successfully secured $10.2 million in series B funding, led by Bertelsmann India Investments (BII), with participation from Fireside…
Retail India News: How this D2C Brand is Changing Dental Care
As cold winds usher in the season of warmth and self-care, the shift in daily experiences becomes apparent. From chattering teeth and dry winds…
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Retail India News: Meolaa Pioneering Sustainable and Ethical Fashion in India
Meolaa, the ultimate destination for eco-conscious yet contemporary shopping, is poised to revolutionize the world of fashion and consumerism. In a…
Retail India News: Pilgrim Strengthens Leadership Team for Omnichannel Expansion
Pilgrim has revealed a strategic move to bolster its leadership by appointing two new key team members. The aim is to accelerate its omnichannel…
Retail India News: Doodhvale Appoints Aman J Jain as CEO and Co-founder
A prominent direct-to-consumer (D2C) company specializing in daily breakfast and morning essentials, Doodhvale, is thrilled to announce the…
Retail India News: The Indian Garage Co Launches Women's Wear Brand 'FreeHand'
India's prominent domestic fast-fashion D2C brand, renowned for TIGC, one of the best-selling men's wear brands in the nation, has taken a…
Retail India News: Myntra Launches 'Myntra Rising STARS' Program to Boost D2C Brands
Myntra, one of India's leading Fashion, Beauty, and Lifestyle platforms, has unveiled 'Myntra Rising STARS,' a unique program dedicated to…
Retail India News: Mensa Brands Launches Folkulture, a Home Decor Label
Mensa Brands, the largest Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) House of Brands in India, has unveiled its latest venture, Folkulture, a contemporary home decor…
Sid's Farm Unveils Ghee Range Nationwide, Elevating Indian Culinary Delights to New Heights
Sid's Farm, the renowned direct-to-consumer (D2C) dairy brand known for its superior quality products, is thrilled to announce the availability of…
POP Launches Unique Growth Solutions Platform for D2C Brands
POP, a start-up focused on e-commerce enablement, has introduced a groundbreaking growth solutions platform exclusively for direct-to-consumer (D2C)…
[Funding Alert] WickedGud Secures $250,000 in Additional Funding from GetVantage
WickedGud, D2C brand specializing in healthy food and snack alternatives, has successfully raised $250,000 in additional growth funding from…
Pilgrim Appoints Vishakh Narendran as the CBO and Ameya Gogate as Senior VP
Pilgrim has announced the appointment of two new members to their leadership team to accelerate their offline expansion plans. Vishakh Narendran (ex-…
RattanIndia Unveils FLYTR, its First Direct-to-Consumer Fashion Brand
FLYTR, the first direct-to-consumer (D2C) fashion wear brand from RattanIndia Enterprises, was announced through a press release. RattanIndia…
Join Ventures Forays into D2C Space with ‘Masqa’ 
Join Ventures, a house of D2C brands for celebrations, is venturing into the food and beverage industry with its new D2C premium food brand, Masqa.…
DesignCafe Unveils India's New Interior D2C Brand Qarpentri
DesignCafe has announced the launch of a Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) brand, Qarpentri, aimed at providing affordable home interior solutions at…
Nope Expands Product Portfolio, Unveils Range of Smart Gadgets and Accessories
Nope has launched its first range of mobile accessories and gadgets for the Indian market. The brand is targeted at Gen Z and the youth. The brand…
[Funding Alert] What’s up Wellness Bags Rs 60 lakh Funding on Shark Tank India 2
What’s Up Wellness has secured Rs 60 lakh of funding in the latest episode of Shark Tank India Season 2. The startup was featured on the episode…
RPSG Capital Ventures Invests in D2C Brand Perfora, Leads a Round of $2.5 mn
RPSG Capital Ventures, an early-stage consumer VC fund, has expanded its D2C portfolio through its first investment in the rapidly growing oral-care…
Cremeitalia Forays into D2C Biz, Launches New Website
Cremeitalia, a natural cheese brand, announced its foray into direct-to-customer business with its new website. It aims to penetrate the markets in…
Pilgrim Onboards Konark Gaur as CMO
Pilgrim has announced the appointment of Konark Gaur as Chief Marketing Officer. Konark, ex-Business Head at Marico Limited, brings almost two…
Clovia Appoints Nikhil Gulati as its Head of Brand Marketing
Clovia, India’s premier D2C fashion, lingerie, and personal care brand, has appointed Nikhil Gulati as its Head of Brand Marketing. He comes with…
WOW Skin Science Joins ONDC Network
D2C and personal care brand, WOW Skin Science has joined Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an initiative of the government to democratize e-…
SNITCH Crosses 100 cr ARR within 2 years of Inception
Incepted to deliver a vibrant and stylized fashion experience to millennials, Snitch debuted to the D2C and e-commerce fashion industry with 30…
WickedGud Expands Product Portfolio, Launches Instant Noodles
WickedGud, a D2C health food brand, recently launched instant noodles that are made with the goodness of oats, lentils, whole wheat, millets, and…
G.O.A.T Brand Labs Acquires Chumbak and 4 Other D2C Brands
G.O.A.T Brand Labs announced the acquisition of 5 D2C brands, including that of Iconic Home and Lifestyle Brand - Chumbak. With these acquisitions,…
D2C Beauty Brand Recode Studios Aims to Achieve Rs 30 cr by 2022 & 2023-End
Recode Studios, a premium beauty and skincare cosmetic brand instituted in 2018 by Dheeraj Bansal, aims for revenue growth of 45-50 percent by the…
SuperBottoms Forays into Offline Retail, Aims Annual Revenue of Rs 250 cr by FY26
SuperBottoms, India's leading D2C brand for eco-friendly baby-care products that recently raised $ 3 million, announces its foray into the offline…
Snitch Witnesses a 22 pc Increase in the Sales This Festive Season
D2C Fashion brand Snitch has witnessed a 22 percent increase in the total number of orders this festive season. The traffic on the online portal grew…
Nestle Forays into D2C Space with MyNestle Platform
FMCG major Nestle India launched its own Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) platform, foraying into the fast-growing online channel. The company would launch…
[Funding Alert] Mother Sparsh Set to Raise 100 cr in Series B Round 
Premium baby and mother care brand Mother Sparsh has declared that it is in advanced discussions of securing Series B funding between Rs 90-100 crore…
D2C Ecommerce Ropes in Rakul Preet Singh as Brand Ambassador for AccessHer
D2C Ecommerce, India’s first multi-D2C brand e-commerce platform has signed leading actress Rakul Preet Singh as a brand ambassador for its fashion…
D2C Ecommerce Acquires Mumbai-based Jewelry Brand AccessHer
D2C Ecommerce, a homegrown multi-brand e-commerce platform has acquired Mumbai-based fashion jewelry brand ‘AccessHer’. Through this acquisition, D2C…
The Sleep Company Plans to Invest Rs 40-50 cr in Store Expansion
Mattress startup The Sleep Company has set a capex of Rs 40-50 crore over the next two years to open its flagship stores, Harshil Salot, Co-Founder…
D2C Brand Symtten Launches 'Makeup - Try At Home' Concept
Smytten, India's largest tech-enabled D2C product discovery and trial platform, launches India's first-ever concept of 'Makeup - Try At Home' that…
Bummer Witnesses 3x Growth in Last 6 Months, Eyes Rs 5 cr Month-on-Month Revenue
Bummer, the D2C innerwear brand, has grown over 3x in its revenue in the last 6 months. The Ahmedabad-based brand is known for its quirky, colorful,…
Home-Focused D2C Brand HomeTales Clocks over 200 pc Growth in FY22
Home-focused Indian D2C brand HomeTales has announced a 204 percent increase in sales volumes in FY22. Established in 2020, HomeTales offers a wide…
[Funding Alert] G.O.A.T Brand Labs Bags $50 mn
D2C brand aggregator G.O.A.T Brand Labs has secured $50 million (about Rs 390 crore) in funding as part of the Series A1 round. The round saw the…
Mensa Brands Acquires Pebble
Mensa Brands, India`s largest D2C tech-led House of Brands, entered the smart wearable segment by acquiring ‘Pebble’, one of India’s fastest-growing…
[Funding Alert] D2C Men's Innerwear brand Almo Raises $2 mn in Pre-Series A Funding
Almo, a fast-emerging D2C brand in the men’s premium essential wear space, has closed its pre-Series A funding of $2 million led by Inflection Point…
[Funding Alert] Smytten Bags Rs 100 cr in Pre-Series B Led by Fireside Ventures and Others
Smytten-India’s largest tech-enabled product discovery and trial platform which is revolutionizing the pre-purchase experience for millions of online…
D2C Brand Architect Zashed Fashionverse is Using Twisted Thrasio model To Build D2C Brand Community
Zashed Fashionverse has reportedly established as a major “D2C brand architech’ that is creating turn turn-key D2C brands within a short span of time…
D2C Ayurveda Brand Kapiva Goes International, Eyes Rs 100 cr Global Revenue in 3 Years
Kapiva, a homegrown D2C Ayurvedic nutrition brand has announced that it is eyeing global expansion, starting with UAE and US.  With this…
[Funding Alert] D2C Brand Nat Habit Bags $4 mn
Direct-to-consumer personal care brand Nat Habit has raised $4 million in series A funding, led by Fireside Ventures along with participation from…
Bombay Sweet Shop Forays into D2C Space, Now Delivers Pan India
India has the third-largest online shopper base, globally. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the e-retail market surged, leading to an increase in…
[Funding Alert] Life and Pursuits Raises $5,00,000 in Angel Funding
Life and Pursuits, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) Ayurveda Beauty brand, has raised $5,00,000 from angel investors.  The homegrown brand operating in…
D2C Brand Zouk Eyes Rs 100 cr Annual Revenue Run Rate by FY23
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) lifestyle brand Zouk said it aims to garner Rs 100 crore annual revenue run rate by FY23 as it looks to expand product range…
D2C Brand Plum Ropes in Mithila Palkar as Brand Ambassador
Plum India’s first 100 percent vegan and cruelty-free beauty and personal care brand, announced that it has signed actress Mithila Palkar as its …
D2C Brand Brillare Opens its 4th Exclusive Brand Outlet in Ahmedabad
Expanding its presence in the retail business, 100 percent vegan and cruelty-free, homegrown personal care brand Brillare has recently launched its…
Rise of India's D2C sector increases demand for Corrugated Boxes by 200 pc
India’s rapidly rising Direct-To-Consumer (D2C) sector has made a positive impact on the packaging industry as the demand for corrugated (shaped into…
GlobalBees Invests in Segment Leaders - The Butternut Company, Mush and Strauss
GlobalBees, India’s newest unicorn, and a leading roll-up e-commerce company has added three new brands to its portfolio with investment in healthy-…
Join Ventures on an Expansion Spree, Announces Expansion of Warehousing Facility in Rajasthan
Join Ventures, house of D2C brands for celebrations announced the expansion of its large-scale warehousing facility at Jaipur by 50,000 square feet…
[Funding Alert] D2C Brand Haus & Kinder Raises Rs 10 Cr Funding in Pre-Series A
Home to Baby category brand - Haus & Kinder has raised $1.3 million (Rs 10 Crore) in a pre-series A funding round led by investor Shaival Desai…
IDAM House Of Brands Appoints Saahil Nayar as Co-Founder and COO
Ananta capital-backed IDAM House Of Brands, a pioneering collective of several D2C brands, with Bella Vita Organic being its hero brand across the…
Nearly 1,500 Companies Entered F&B Segment Over Past 5 years
Nearly 1,500 companies have entered the food and beverages (F&B) segment in the country raising $1.6 billion over the past five years.  The…
ITC to Acquire 16 pc Stake in D2C Brand Mother Sparsh
ITC agrees to invest in Mother Sparsh Baby Care Private Limited, a premium ayurvedic and natural personal care brand in the D2C space with a focus on…
Licious Introduces 'Everyday Vesting, Anytime Liquidation' ESOP Plan
Licious has lately introduced its industry-first initiative furthering its commitment towards offering a differentiated people experience. Starting…
QuickShift Launches Same-day Delivery Service QS-Rapid In Mumbai
Logistics company QuickShift has launched its same-day delivery service QS-Rapid in Mumbai. The company has launched this service to cater to the…
MyFitness Launches New Brand Suprfit
MyFitness, which is a homegrown peanut butter brand, is set to transform the health food industry with the launch of Suprfit brand. This new venture…
Iconix Lifestyle India Buys India Trademark Rights for Lee Cooper
Reliance Brands Ltd announced that its joint venture (JV) company, Iconix Lifestyle India Pvt Ltd has acquired the India trademark rights for British…
Modi Naturals Ltd Forays in Ready-to-Cook and Ready-to-Eat Segments
Modi Naturals Ltd, which is an FMCG company, has announced its foray into the ready-to-eat (RTE) and ready-to-cook (RTC) segment. The company has…
OZiva Forays into Kid's Nutrition Segment
OZiva, a plant-based nutrition and wellness brand, recently announced its entry into the kid's nutrition segment with the launch of OZiva Kids.  …
{From Bricks to Clicks] Trident Introduces D2C Portal
After a successful penetration across Indian markets with its exclusive showrooms, Trident Group, a business-to-business manufacturing giant based in…
[Acquisition Alert] Beauty Brand MyGlamm Acquires The Moms Co in Largest D2C Deals in the Segment
Mumbai-based content commerce platform Good Glamm Group (formerly MyGlamm) has announced the acquisition of mom and baby direct-to-consumer (D2C)…
Emami Focusing on Distribution Initiatives and Rural Expansion to Drive Growth
Kolkata-based FMCG company Emami has embarked on various distribution initiatives and rural expansion drive to boost growth in the current fiscal,…
[Funding Alert] D2C Feminine Hygiene Brand Sanfe Raises US$ 1 Million in Series A Funding
D2C feminine hygiene and intimate skincare brand Sanfe has raised a fresh Series A funding of US$ 1 million. This fresh infusion comes from the likes…
Jubilant Foodworks to Acquire 25.02% Stake in Wellversed Health
Noida-based Jubilant Foodworks Limited has entered into the Share Subscription Agreement and Shareholders’ Agreement, to acquire a 25.02% stake in…
[Funding Alert] D2C Casual Sneakers Brand Flatheads Raises US$ 1mn in Pre-Series A Funding
Direct-to-customer (D2C) online casual sneakers brand Flatheads announced that it has raised US$ 1 million (around 7.3 crore) in a funding round led…
[Funding Alert] WickedGud Raises Pre Seed Round Led by Titan Capital
WickedGud has raised US $ 340,000 in a Pre Seed round led by Titan Capital. The round saw participation from marquee investors such as Archana…
Paree Sanitary Pads Announces Janhvi Kapoor as its New Brand Ambassador
Homegrown personal hygiene products company Paree announced Bollywood actor Janhvi Kapoor, as the new face of the brand. Janhvi will be endorsing the…
D2C Feminine Hygiene Brand Sanfe Onboards Radhika Apte as its Brand Ambassador
Feminine hygiene, and intimate skincare brand Sanfe has onboarded actor Radhika Apte to join them to be the voice for women to be able to make a…
Clensta International goes Online with the Launch of its Web Store
Clensta International, an IIT Delhi partnered start-up venture and curator of Waterless Technology, has launched its online store with an aim to…
Flipkart Launches 'Flipkart Boost' Initiative to Uplift D2C Brands in India
Flipkart, the e-commerce giant has launched the ‘Flipkart Boost’, a program for ‘Made in Inda’ D2C brands. The initiative will provide emerging D2C…
Pharma Co Brinton Launches D2C Consumer Brand Hohner Health?
Pharma company Brinton launched the wellness and personal care brand Höhner Health.  Höhner Health offers a wide range of products in nutritional…
Bewakoof on Fast Track to Clock Rs 2,000 cr Sales by 2025
D2C fashion brand Bewakoof is on a fast track to clock Rs 2,000 crore in sales by 2025. The company is planning to accelerate its growth trajectory…
D2C start-up Avni Launches Plant-based Menstrual Hygiene Products
Holistic menstrual care start-up, Avni has launched its all-new range of plant-based menstrual hygiene products including bio enzyme period wear…
Swedish-Indian Startup Nack Launches D2C Platform with Vegan Products
Swedish-Indian startup Näck has launched its health and wellness digital platform with a lineup of 2 plant-based products, Immunity Boost, which is…
Bella Vita Organic Ropes in Akanksha Singhal as Vice President - Marketing & Brand
Bella Vita Organic. a natural beauty and skincare brand, has appointed Akanksha Singhal as Vice President - Marketing and Brand. Prior to Bella Vita…
[Funding Alert] D2C Sleep Solutions Brand SleepyCat Raises $3.8 mn for Product Expansion
SleepyCat has raised $3.8 million in a round led by Saama Capital, with participation from existing investors, including DSG Consumer Partners &…
Licious Opens First-Ever ESOP Buyback Options
Licious, tech-first full-stacked D2C fresh meat and seafood brand, has opened its maiden Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) monetization option for…
Mother Sparsh Appoints Himanshu Chandel as Head of Marketing
Mother Sparsh, which is amongst India’s fastest growing baby and mother care brands and en route to enter the Rs 100 crore club by FY '23, has…
The Sleep Company Announces Anil Kapoor as First-Ever Brand Ambassador
Pioneers of the sleep-tech movement in the country as well as Asia's first and only grid-based mattress makers, The Sleep Company has introduced…
Health and Wellness Brand Gaia Launches D2C Platform
Taking a step towards digitalization, Gaia, one of the leading health and wellness brands, has entered the direct-to-consumer (D2C) club in the…
Bewakoof Launches Badera Collection ?
D2C fashion brand Bewakoof.com is paying homage to heritage by launching Badera collection offering a complete range of fashion apparel for men, and…
G.O.A.T. to Accelerate the Growth of Digitally-Native Brands in India
Driven by a mission to help D2C Brands and their passionate founders thrive, G.O.A.T Brand Labs (G.O.A.T.) intends to partner with digitally native…
[Funding Alert] MyGlamm Closes Series C Round; Eyes to Scale India Operations
D2C beauty brand MyGlamm has closed its Series C funding round at Rs 530 crore, with a top-up of Rs 355 crore to the existing Rs 175 crore it had…
D2C Vegan Lifestyle Brand Zouk Aims Expansion in Indian and Global Markets
Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) lifestyle brand Zouk has secured $1.5 million as part of its pre-series A round led by Stellaris Venture Partners. The round…
D2C Startup Beco Aims to Expand to Tier II & III Markets
Beco, an eco-friendly home and personal care D2C brand, is planning to expand its presence into Tier II and Tier III markets. Its offline presence…
Licious Appoints Himanshu Verma as Chief Product & Technology Officer
Licious, a D2C fresh meat and seafood brand, has appointed Himanshu Verma as Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO).In its sixth year of…
Bella Vita Organic Raises $10 mn to Accelerate Growth
Direct-to-consumer personal care brand Bella Vita Organic has raised $10 million from Ananta Capital, a private equity platform backed by the Mumbai-…
Bewakoof Unveils Farhan Akthar's Toofaan-Inspired Fashion Apparel Range
D2C youth fashion brand Bewakoof and Farhan Akthar have come together to stir up Toofaan. Farhan, who has always got much-deserved love and respect…
PUMA India Ropes in Prabhdeep Bedi as Director and Head of D2C E-Commerce
Sports brand PUMA has appointed Prabhdeep S Bedi as Director and Head of D2C e-commerce in India. He will further accelerate PUMA India’s digital…
Godrej Consumer Products to Strengthen E-Commerce Biz
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) is strengthening its e-commerce vertical as an independent business unit in India, in the wake of COVID-19…
Cosmos Beauty Goes Live with 43 SKUs on Bewakoof
Youth brand Bewakoof has launched Cosmos Beauty. With this, Bewakoof has entered into the fast-growing beauty market in India. The name Cosmos comes…
D2C Startup Green Soul Gears Up for Next Leg of Growth with Rs 1.5 cr Financing
Green Soul Ergonomics has secured Rs 1.5 crore from revenue-based financier Velocity.in. This is the first round of external financing the company…
Indian Cricketer R Ashwin Joins Bombay Shaving Company as Brand Ambassador
Bombay Shaving Company is one of the fastest-growing grooming brands in India with premium hair removal solutions for men and women. The brand has…
Women Wellness D2C Brand Nua Secures $7.1 mn Funds to Scale Up the Brand
Nua, a women wellness D2C brand, has secured $7.1 million in a Pre-Series B funding round. The funding has been led by an existing investor, Lightbox…
D2C Brand Kwik Foods to Strengthen Product Line and Bolster Marketing Operations
Kwik Foods, D2C, and social commerce brand, has secured an undisclosed fund in its seed round from 9Unicorns, India’s first idea-phase accelerator VC…
D2C Brand Bewakoof Launches Limited Edition Pride Collection
Youth brand Bewakoof, one of the fastest-growing D2C brands, has released its extensive Pride collection of all-gender footwear and apparel in Pride-…
Homegrown Brand Pilgrim Aims to Disrupt the D2C Beauty and Personal Care Industry
Homegrown D2C beauty and personal care brand, Pilgrim, strengthened its vision to make borderless beauty experiences accessible and affordable for…
Keventers to Enter D2C Space by Launching its E-Commerce Platform
India’s iconic dairy brand, Keventers is planning to foray into the D2C space by starting its own e-commerce platform. Agastya Dalmia, Founder…
Mamaearth Explores Avenues to Connect with Millennial
Direct-to-consumer personal care brand Mamaearth, earlier this year, announced Sara Ali Khan as Brand Ambassador for their haircare range. The toxin-…
D2C Home Appliance Brand Candes Aims to Clock Revenue of Rs 200 cr in 2021
Candes, a leading Direct to Consumer (D2C) home appliance brand, has raised $3 million from various marquee family offices of Delhi. This round has…
Tata Consumer Products Enters Premium D2C Coffee Market
Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL) has introduced a premium roasted and ground coffee under the Sonnets brand targeting urban and increasingly…
Mercedes-Benz India to Shift Retail Sales Structure to D2C model
Mercedes-Benz will be shifting its retail sales structure in India to a ‘Direct-to-Customer’ model, under which it will own the entire stock of new…
D2C Brand Almo Aims to Become One Stop Destination for Men's Essential Wear
Direct to consumer (D2C) men’s essential wear brand Almo has secured its seed round of funding. This round was led by Angelist India and a group of…
Adani Wilmar Unveils One-Stop Shop for all Fortune Products
Now, it is easier than ever to order your favorite Fortune products. Adani Wilmar Limited, which offers a range of edible oils and food products…