epages News [Beauty Parlours, November 2003]

• Health & Glow to enter Mumbai
• Sunrider targets $100 m/yr sales of herbal products
• Sunrider International of US sets up herbal facility in Gurgaon
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Health & Glow to enter Mumbai

Nov 11, 2003: Bangalore: The RPG-owned beauty and pharmacy retail chain, Health & Glow, is all set to enter Mumbai’s beauty market. With the aim to become a 100-store chain by 2005, it has set aside Rs 15 crore for expansion. The company is opening its first health and beauty store in Mumbai’s Mindspace Mall in January and plans to open five more in quick succession. RPG set up the ‘Health & Glow’ chain of health and beauty stores in association with Dairy Farm International, a part of the Jardine Matheson group. The company is also targeting New Delhi and Kolkata after its Mumbai entry. Because of Mumbai’s tag as the film and beauty industry capital, the company is planning to retail a number of well-known brands in addition to the company’s private labels. Currently, the company has 23 stores spread across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

Sunrider targets $100 m/yr sales of herbal products

Nov 15, 2003: New Delhi: US-Based direct selling company Sunrider International has set up its Indian manufacturing facility in Gurgaon to churn out herbal products. Tei Fu Chen, founder and chairman of the $700 million entity, addressing mediapersons in the capital said that he expects the Indian operations to make more than $100 million in sales annually in the next five years. The California headquartered company is into the business of health and beauty herbal products and has been sourcing herbs from India for its other seven global manufacturing facilities, which are expected to increase in the future. The Gurgaon factory is however, being customised to meet only the domestic needs and the company is planning to start production of cosmetics in the second phase of expansion in a couple of years. Sunrider, which entered India four years back with a wholly owned subsidiary, has had a minimal presence in the Indian market as of date but the global chairman is bullish on India. To begin with Sunrider is not manufacturing its cosmetics range in the Gurgaon facility even though it is selling its products after importing it.

Sunrider International of US sets up herbal facility in Gurgaon

Nov 17, 2003: New Delhi: US-based direct selling company Sunrider International has set up its Indian manufacturing facility in Gurgaon to churn out herbal products. The California headquartered company is into the business of health and beauty herbal products and has been sourcing herbs from India for its other seven global manufacturing facilities, which are expected to increase in the future. The Gurgaon factory is however, being customised to meet only the domestic needs and the company is planning to start production of cosmetics in the second phase of expansion in a couple of years. Sunrider, which entered India four years back with a wholly owned subsidiary, has had a minimal presence in the Indian market as of date but the global chairman is bullish on India. Sunrider is here not just to sell products but also to help people make money. Sunrider is not manufacturing its cosmetics range in Gurgaon even though it is selling its products after importing it.