Europe

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.