The surprising decline of SUGAR Cosmetics

The Mumbai-based beauty and personal care company recorded one of its worst years in the 2024-25 fiscal. It is now on a course-correction trajectory.

It has been a rough 18 months at SUGAR Cosmetics. 

In a first, and what is perceived as one of the graver startup sins, the Mumbai-based beauty and personal care company will be declaring a drop in its annual revenue for the year ended March 2025. Its losses also show an expansion, and the overall financials paint the picture of a company that has struggled to grow and rein in the costs.

Kaushik Mukherjee, co-founder and chief operating officer at SUGAR, confirmed to The Morning Context that the company has registered a decline. “The numbers are going to look bad. …

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Harveen Ahluwalia

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Muskaan Gupta

Muskaan covers startups at The Morning Context. She has earlier written for Global Pets International, National Geographic Traveler India among other publications.

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