Product Development and Design Archives - Third Eyesight https://myechoproject.com/TES/category/product-development-and-design/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:12:20 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 India’s Spending Boom Is Getting Bigger. India Inc’s Giants Want In https://myechoproject.com/TES/indias-spending-boom-is-getting-bigger-india-incs-giants-want-in/ https://myechoproject.com/TES/indias-spending-boom-is-getting-bigger-india-incs-giants-want-in/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:55:00 +0000 https://www.thirdeyesight.in/?p=7048 Vikash Tripathi, Outlook Business 1 September 2026 Eight decades ago, the ‘nationalist businessman’ GD Birla helped prepare the ‘Bombay Plan’, which asked the state to pro-vide for the bare minimum needs of its people. His plan asked for 2,800 calories of well-balanced food per day, 30 yards of clothing per year and 100sq ft of […]

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]]> https://myechoproject.com/TES/indias-spending-boom-is-getting-bigger-india-incs-giants-want-in/feed/ 0 Stitching together growth: Modenik bets on legacy brands in India’s innerwear battle https://myechoproject.com/TES/stitching-together-growth-modenik-bets-on-legacy-brands-in-indias-innerwear-battle/ https://myechoproject.com/TES/stitching-together-growth-modenik-bets-on-legacy-brands-in-indias-innerwear-battle/#respond Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:35:00 +0000 https://www.thirdeyesight.in/?p=7022 Vaeshnavi Kasthuril, MINT 30 June 2026, Mumbai Advent International-backed Modenik Lifestyle Pvt. Ltd is doubling down on its portfolio of legacy innerwear brands, planning to scale each label into a sizeable business rather than rely on a single flagship brand. “Each of the brands must grow big enough to be called a company of its […]

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]]> https://myechoproject.com/TES/stitching-together-growth-modenik-bets-on-legacy-brands-in-indias-innerwear-battle/feed/ 0 Online beauty marketplaces push for growth with in-house brands https://myechoproject.com/TES/online-beauty-marketplaces-push-for-growth-with-in-house-brands/ https://myechoproject.com/TES/online-beauty-marketplaces-push-for-growth-with-in-house-brands/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:19:06 +0000 https://www.thirdeyesight.in/?p=7018 Sharleen D’souza & Shivani Shinde, Business Standard Mumbai, 21 June 2026 Online beauty marketplaces Reliance Retail Ventures’ Tira and Nykaa have a common mantra: growing in-house brands. Successful brand acquisitions and margin growth seem to fuel the push. “With private labels, margins are better. It also helps both companies plug the gap in the market […]

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]]> https://myechoproject.com/TES/online-beauty-marketplaces-push-for-growth-with-in-house-brands/feed/ 0 Shedding old baggage https://myechoproject.com/TES/shedding-old-baggage/ https://myechoproject.com/TES/shedding-old-baggage/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:01:00 +0000 https://www.thirdeyesight.in/?p=7005 Christina Moniz, Financial Express/Brand Wagon 12 June 2026 Legacy luggage brand VIP Industries is shedding some of its old baggage. The company, which manufactures Skybags and Aristocrat along with its flagship VIP range, has gone beyond cringey makeovers solely to attract Gen Z, and has embarked on a transformation journey that leverages its legacy to […]

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]]> https://myechoproject.com/TES/shedding-old-baggage/feed/ 0 ‘Celebrity isn’t always a sustainable brand asset’ https://myechoproject.com/TES/celebrity-isnt-always-a-sustainable-brand-asset/ https://myechoproject.com/TES/celebrity-isnt-always-a-sustainable-brand-asset/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:01:00 +0000 https://www.thirdeyesight.in/?p=7002 Arushi Jain, The Times of India 8 June 2026 Their faces have launched many campaigns and brought crores to the film industry. But can they sell a moisturiser as successfully? India’s beauty market is the hottest growth story globally, estimated to reach $40 billion from $23 billion (2026) and eyeing the fourth-largest spot by 2030 […]

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]]> https://myechoproject.com/TES/celebrity-isnt-always-a-sustainable-brand-asset/feed/ 0 Weakening rupee and rising crude oil prices – dual challenge for the economy [Video] https://myechoproject.com/TES/weakening-rupee-and-rising-crude-oil-prices-dual-challenge-for-the-economy-video/ https://myechoproject.com/TES/weakening-rupee-and-rising-crude-oil-prices-dual-challenge-for-the-economy-video/#respond Fri, 15 May 2026 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.thirdeyesight.in/?p=6989 The ET Now Swadesh panel discussion focussed on the dual challenge facing the Indian economy: a weakening rupee and rising crude oil prices, which together are driving “imported inflation” and straining household budgets. Devangshu Dutta (Founder, Third Eyesight) put forth the following key points during the discussion (the video link is under the text summary […]

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]]> https://myechoproject.com/TES/weakening-rupee-and-rising-crude-oil-prices-dual-challenge-for-the-economy-video/feed/ 0 India’s new beauty brands zeroing in on micro problems, focus on hero products to stand out in crowded market https://myechoproject.com/TES/indias-new-beauty-brands-zeroing-in-on-micro-problems-focus-on-hero-products-to-stand-out-in-crowded-market/ https://myechoproject.com/TES/indias-new-beauty-brands-zeroing-in-on-micro-problems-focus-on-hero-products-to-stand-out-in-crowded-market/#respond Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:38:00 +0000 https://www.thirdeyesight.in/?p=6944 Apoorva Mittal, Economic Times 1 March 2026 Resshmi Nair, 31, had grown used to the dotted red bumps on her arms. Her dermatologist diagnosed it as keratosis pilaris aka strawberry skin. It is a harmless skin condition that often affects legs and arms but Nair, a Mumbai-based marketing consultant, wanted it gone. She slathered lotions […]

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]]> https://myechoproject.com/TES/indias-new-beauty-brands-zeroing-in-on-micro-problems-focus-on-hero-products-to-stand-out-in-crowded-market/feed/ 0 Ikea India: Rewriting the Playbook https://myechoproject.com/TES/ikea-india-is-reworking-its-retail-strategy/ https://myechoproject.com/TES/ikea-india-is-reworking-its-retail-strategy/#respond Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:58:00 +0000 https://www.thirdeyesight.in/?p=6949 Kartikay Kashyap, BrandWagon, Financial Express 18 February 2026 IKEA HAS BEEN around in India for about eight years, with another three years before that spent studying the market. It has developed a range that it deems “locally relevant-like the roti maker, the tava (pan), the belan (rolling pin), and the pressure cooker -which now constitute […]

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]]> https://myechoproject.com/TES/ikea-india-is-reworking-its-retail-strategy/feed/ 0 Consumption! Brands, e-Commerce, Mom&Pop stores in India – a conversation with Devangshu Dutta [VIDEO] https://myechoproject.com/TES/consumption-brands-e-commerce-mompop-stores-in-india-a-conversation-with-devangshu-dutta/ https://myechoproject.com/TES/consumption-brands-e-commerce-mompop-stores-in-india-a-conversation-with-devangshu-dutta/#respond Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:13:00 +0000 https://www.thirdeyesight.in/?p=6933 This episode of theUpStreamlife is a freewheeling conversation between Vishal Krishna and Devangshu Dutta, founder of Third Eyesight, with insights into the growth of modern retail and consumption in India, brand building and M&A, the balance of power between brands and retailers/platforms, sustainability vs growth and many other aspects, and is well-suited for founders and […]

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]]> https://myechoproject.com/TES/consumption-brands-e-commerce-mompop-stores-in-india-a-conversation-with-devangshu-dutta/feed/ 0 BT-PRICE Survey: How the Gen Z consumer is coming of age https://myechoproject.com/TES/bt-price-survey-how-the-gen-z-consumer-is-coming-of-age/ https://myechoproject.com/TES/bt-price-survey-how-the-gen-z-consumer-is-coming-of-age/#respond Sat, 31 Jan 2026 07:50:12 +0000 https://www.thirdeyesight.in/?p=6872 Surabhi Prasad, Business Today Print Edition: 01 Feb, 2026 The last two years—2024 and, more notably, 2025—saw a wave of protests by a new generation of students and young professionals looking for political change, better economic conditions and more climate awareness across countries, including Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia and the Maldives. But beyond these uprisings, Gen […]

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