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Owing to its natural plant derived moisturising factors that help revitalize dry and dull skin, Organic Harvest facial scrub masters in invigorating the skin by cleansing the pores deep down and gently exfoliating surface skin.

The kid’s toiletries market was at No.1 position in 2014, surpassing the food business, which was standing strong at the same position in 2012. This shows big opportunities for kids wellness products manufacturers, if they take licensing route.

Technology shift and emergence of online marketplace has given a digital makeover to the ancient way of doctor-patient interaction. Here is how innovation is transforming the healthcare market.

To increase patient volume, one needs to understand the complex challenges and factors that influence footfalls and most importantly the evaluation of brand’s impact on consumers. Here are five impactful suggestions from an industry expert:

Covering over 600 centers across Bangaluru, Chennai and Coimbatore, FitnessPapa offers a monthly membership program called FitnessPapa passport that enables users to join best fitness centers for a workout of their choice.

Serial entrepreneurs Subrata Mitra, Larry Braitman, Founder of Flycast & Adify, Venk Krishnan Founder and CEO of Nuware Technologies and others participated in the Pre Series A round of funding raised by online health and wellness start-up CureJoy.

Known as the pioneer of at-home healthcare services, Portea Medical had previously received US$9 million in Series A funding from Accel, Qualcomm Ventures and Ventureast in December 2013.

The fitness and wellness industry is believed to be getting close to the magical figure of Rs 10,000 crore by 2015 end, with close to 10 to 15 per cent of people joining gyms and wellness centres year-on-year.

Globally renowned information technology research and advisory firm Gartner Inc predicted the country is expected to spend US$ 1.2 billion on IT products and services in 2015, an increase of 7 per cent over 2014.

Recently, Maybelline has collaborated with the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) for the upcoming Amazon India Fashion Week S/S’16. The fashion-meet-business event is scheduled from Oct.7 to 11 in New Delhi.

Unilever’s skin care brand Vaseline has re-launch its core variant Vaseline Intensive Care Deep with Bollywood Diva Nargis Fakhri.

Defining the transformation of Indian wellness industry from an unstructured nascent beginner to constantly evolving market, offering adequate opportunities, Basesh Gala, Founder & MD, 39 Solutions, takes a queue over the industry growth prospects.

Global specialty chemicals firm Clariant has announced to acquire an active part of India-based Vivimed Labs, to grow its presence in emerging markets and strengthen its personal care portfolio.

Pharma aggregator start-up Netmeds.com is promoted by Dadha Pharmaceuticals and investment bank Mape Advisory; aiming a business of Rs 4,000- Rs 4,500 crore over the next 5 years.

Hyderabad is one of the major centers functioning under Central Council for Research Over the past four decades in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) – an autonomous organization of Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.