| Marico tests cooling hair oil segment | 08-NOV-09 |
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| Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) major Marico plans to enter the cooling hair oil segment by launching two products — Parachute Advanced Cooling Oil and Nihar Naturals Cooling Oil. The products are currently being test-marketed in a few rural belts — Parachute in Andhra Pradesh and Nihar cooling oil in Bihar and Jharkhand. |
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| Coconut hair oil now in bigger packs to avoid tax | 14-JUL-09 |
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| FMCG companies may re-engineer the packaging of coconut hair oil by increasing the grammage to escape the purview of the Central Board of Excise & Customs' decision to impose eight per cent excise on product packs under 200 ml. |
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| Bhupesh Bhandari: The scent of oil | 03-JUL-09 |
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| There are very few product categories left where home-bred Indian companies still hold sway. Agreed, the two-wheeler market is dominated by Indian players, but the growing influence of Honda and Suzuki cannot be ignored. Multinational corporations lord over most other segments. One exception is that of hair oil. The entire market is controlled by Indian companies like Marico, Dabur India, Bajaj Consumer Care and Emami. But is it worthwhile? Ask any of them and you will be told that hair oil profits are second to no other fast-moving consumer good. |
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| Right to misguide | 16-JUN-08 |
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If a brand of oil is sold with the label of a woman with long hairs, the popular perception would be that it is hair oil. |
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| Dabur plans tie-up with `kiranas` | 23-MAR-07 |
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| In a bid to increase its visibility and counter the growing number of modern retail outlets, Dabur India plans to tie up with kirana stores on the lines of Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL)'s 'Super Value |
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| Marico buys HLL`s Nihar for Rs 216 cr | 08-MAR-06 |
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| Marico today said it paid Rs 216 crore to Hindustan Level to acquire hair oil brand Nihar. This includes trademarks, copyrights, design rights, know-how, internet domain name business rights and a |
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| Marico buys Nihar from HLL for Rs 100 cr | 28-JAN-06 |
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| Marico today announced the acquisition of the Nihar hair oil brand from Hindustan Lever for over Rs 100 crore. Nihar has an annualised turnover of about Rs 120 crore spread over two segments: coconut |
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| Suitors bank on Nihar`s well-oiled rural spread | 02-JAN-06 |
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| FMCG majors have evinced interest in acquiring Hindustan Levers (HLL) oil brand Nihar. Some of these companies, including Marico, already have a presence in the hair oil segment.
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| BIS to ask hair oil firms to label contents | 11-JUN-05 |
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| The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is issuing a notification to hair oil makers to clearly mention in their product label the percentage wise listing of contents.
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| Marico to launch two new hair oil products | 20-JUL-04 |
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| The Mumbai-based Rs 885-crore Marico Industries Limited, a leading fast moving consumer group (FMCG) player, is at present test marketing two new products in the hair oils segment and hopes to launch |
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