Beauty is looking good. But will the future be pretty?

Indian beauty startups are all the rage with investors right now. Will they manage to offer a measure of differentiation and thrive or go the way travel companies did some years ago and get swallowed up?

April 01, 202110 min
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Beauty is looking good. But will the future be pretty?

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