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India’s Home Grown Beauty Business

Move over Unilever, local brands are driving gains

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Heading to India for business or pleasure? Better get to know brands such as Patanjali Ayurved and Sri Sri Ayurveda. India's beauty business is expected to grow 14%, topping $13.3 billion this year, according to Euromonitor International. But the big gains aren't coming from the biggest players like Unilever. Instead, home-grown, ayurvedic-based brands that are fronted by gurus such as Baba Ramdev, Ravi Shankar and Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, are growing at a faster pace than long-time ma...

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