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Titan bought the Favre Leuba trademarks in 2011-12 and liquidated the Swiss company holding them in the year to 31 March 2024. Its own audited accounts show exactly
12 Oct 2026
MAC’s own India webstore permanently stopped taking orders on 15 December 2025. We check who owns the Toronto-born brand, what it costs against the US and UK, and
12 Oct 2026
Dr. Jart+ has been wholly owned by Estée Lauder since December 2019, not 2015. Indian prices on the day every product sat at 60% off, what its claims
12 Oct 2026
Himalaya’s classic skincare costs ₹1.40–₹2.40 per millilitre, the cheapest we have audited. The pack, the licence and the corporate record tell a more complicated story than the herbal
12 Oct 2026
India’s advertising council upheld two complaints against Clinique’s Moisture Surge claims in late 2025. Nine months later the struck-down number was still on sale copy, while Indian prices
12 Oct 2026
The Indian Clean & Clear range shares nothing but a logo with the American one. We read the packs, the licences and the prices.
11 Oct 2026
Chanel Beauty declares origin and importer on every Indian listing and a factory on most of them. Prices run from 12.9% cheaper than America to 24.3% dearer.
11 Oct 2026
Benefit runs brow bars in ten Sephora India stores at published prices, and its products land cheaper here than in the United States. Who owns it, and what
11 Oct 2026
The Golden Ratio patent checks out on the register and runs to 2033. The brow powder that built the brand costs ₹3,375 a gram in India, and Anastasia
11 Oct 2026
Who owns Away, why it has no Indian seller or price, where its suitcases are made, what the Carry-On costs in the US and what its warranty covers
11 Oct 2026
Who owns Deuter, which company distributes it in India, where the packs are made, what they cost on Myntra and adventuras.in, and how its two warranties differ.
11 Oct 2026
Estée Lauder has never changed hands since 1946, and its Indian prices sit below American list on every hero we checked. The brand shut its own Indian webstore
11 Oct 2026
Laura Mercier passed from Shiseido to Advent’s Orveon in a US$700 million sale. In India it runs 10% to 20% above United States list price.
11 Oct 2026
Catrice belongs to cosnova, the German family company that also owns essence — but only essence was part of the Reliance Retail deal. Here is what that costs
11 Oct 2026
Who owns Rimowa, who sells it in India, what the same case costs in Germany and India, what the lifetime guarantee covers, and how to check a case
11 Oct 2026
Who runs Louis Stitch, why no document links it to Louis Vuitton or Louis Philippe, what “Italian” means on its pages, where the shoes are made and what
11 Oct 2026