Europe

Who owns Balenciaga and why Kering has never published a revenue line for it, why the house has no Indian locale, price or store on its own locator, who sells and imports the 527 Myntra listings, what the shelf costs here, where the bags are made, and the French jury decision of 6 February 2023.

Garmin Ltd is Swiss, listed in New York and owns its own factories — but garmin.co.in redirects to a distributor’s site, and Garmin’s two Indian subsidiaries appear nowhere in the chain that sells, imports or services a watch here. What it costs, what the standards register carries, and what Garmin publishes about the ECG app and India.

Trent Limited holds 20% of the company that runs Zara’s Indian shops, and on 6 September 2026 Zara charged its printed MRP on 97.9% of 2,378 listings.

H&M’s Indian shops belong to a company its Swedish parent calls wholly owned, in words rather than a percentage. On 6 September 2026, 11,685 listings gave a median MRP of ₹1,999 and a median charged price of ₹1,699 — and 4,083 garments matched against Germany ran at 69.8% of the German price, every one of them cheaper here.

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.

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.

Sebamed is owned by the German family firm Sebapharma and imported into India by USV Private Limited. The pH 5.5 claim, the decided advertising rulings, and Indian prices against German ones.

Simple is a British brand made in India, and the pack, the retailer listings and the brand’s own website name three different manufacturers. What it costs here, what its claims rest on, and what the record holds.

Matched by Beiersdorf’s own article numbers, much of NIVEA’s Indian range is a different formula from Europe’s. We audit the maker, the per-ml price and the sunscreen claims.

Batanagar, the school shoes, the high street shop. Bata feels Indian and is not. What its own filings say about who owns it, and whether the shoes are worth it.

adidas prices the Samba lower in India than in Germany once tax is stripped out. The Dassler split, the Reebok India fraud, and the stud myth checked.

Puma outsells Nike and adidas in India and makes half its range here, yet lost 645 million euro in 2025. What that means for what you pay.