LimeRoad’s front page shows 69% to 72% off. Split by seller, V-Mart’s own labels ran a median 24%. What the filings say about the company behind them.

Most Indian clothing shops print two numbers on a listing: a maximum Read more

Who owns Paula’s Choice, what it costs in India against American prices on twelve matched pairs, and what its ingredient lists do and do not publish.

Shiseido has owned Drunk Elephant since November 2019, but no Indian importer is named on any listing we could find. Eleven matched pairs run at 156% to 187% of the brand’s own US list price.

Sunday Riley’s Indian MRPs sit at 101-104% of its own American list prices, but the prices actually asked on 5 September 2026 were 50-59%. Ownership, the FTC consent order, certifications and what the pack does not say.

Augustinus Bader runs to ₹1,623.33 a millilitre in India. The professor, the patent and the panel sizes, checked against the registers on 5 September 2026.

The UK company behind The Body Shop is in liquidation; the Indian franchisee is not. What the brand costs here, who imports it, and the one advertising finding on record.

Plum is founder-run, PETA-listed and mostly made in Maharashtra. Its 1% Retinol & Bakuchiol serum lists neither ingredient by name, and its 50 ml niacinamide serum is 27% cheaper per ml than the 15 ml.

Pond’s is now two brands under one name: Hindustan Unilever’s in India, Evermark’s in America. We price the range per gram and report what ponds.in does not publish.

Pilgrim is a Mumbai brand made by contractors in Jammu, Baddi and Parwanoo. We check its Spanish, Korean and French claims against the pack, its sunscreens against what it publishes, and its MRP against the price it actually charges.

Panerai’s military history is real, but it sold nothing to the public until 1993. What a Luminor costs in India, and why it is cheaper here than in Zurich.

Skybags is a V.I.P. Industries brand with seven warranty durations in circulation and MRPs nobody pays. What the published policy actually grants, and what a Skybags suitcase really costs in India.

SUGAR Cosmetics is independent and Mumbai-run, but seven of ten product pages we read declare imports, and the filings show a loss every year on record. The full audit, with every figure dated.