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Channel [v] launches youth report for marketers
MUMBAI: Star India’s youth brand Channel [v] has launched FYI Youth Report 2010, a study commissioned by the channel to understand the youth better.
Through this research, the channel provides marketers a medium to comprehend best the youth and discover their ever evolving facets.
“FYI is the most organised and structured study, leading to significant research and findings about the youth,” the channel said.
The research comprised around 5000 respondents, with 800,000 internet ethnographies.
Star India EVP and GM – Channel [v] Prem Kamath said, “FYI Youth report 2010 is a Channel [v] initiative to demystify the largest and most profitable demographic of the country to brands. It is the most extensive guidebook of insights and trends of the Indian youth, which can be used by brands through its widespread findings. India’s most comprehensive youth research will help brands dissect the youth and know exactly what makes them tick.”
The study includes many variables such as gender, mainstream vs trendsetters as well as the various geographies to get a more holistic approach and cover all aspects of the youth.
Nine touchpoints such as entertainment, relationships, education and career are analysed to completely understand the respondent’s attitudes, behaviours and opinions.
The FYI research is undertaken amongst the top 20 cities in India in the time period of the first quarter of Year 2010, targeting the age group of 16-19 SEC AB.
Brands
Dabur buys minority stake in Ras Beauty for Rs 60 crore
Dabur Ventures deal backs fast-growing luxury skincare brand
MUMBAI: Dabur India Limited has dipped into the world of luxury skincare, signing a definitive agreement to acquire a minority stake in Ras Beauty Private Limited for Rs 60 crore. The investment marks the first bet from Dabur Ventures, the FMCG major’s Rs 500 crore platform set up in October 2025 to back high-potential, new-age direct-to-consumer brands.
Founded in Raipur by Shubhika Jain, her sister Suramya Jain and their mother Sangeeta Jain, Ras Beauty has grown from a family-led passion project into a fast-scaling “Farm-to-Face” skincare label. Its range of face elixirs, serums and moisturisers blends essential oils with nature-derived actives, striking a balance between botanical purity and laboratory precision.
The numbers tell their own story. Ras has clocked a three-year Cagr of around 75 per cent and an annual run rate of approximately Rs 100 crore, all while maintaining strong gross margins. That growth has been fuelled by a digital-first approach, in-house R&D and manufacturing, and a sharp focus on clean, sustainable sourcing.
Dabur India executive director and group head corporate strategy Abhinav Dhall, said the company was drawn to Ras’s distinct positioning at the intersection of nature, science and luxury. He added that the premium beauty segment is poised for robust expansion over the coming decade, and that Ras is well placed to capture that opportunity.
For Ras, the partnership is as much about scale as it is about shared philosophy. Co-founder and CEO Shubhika Jain said Dabur’s 141-year legacy of building trusted, purpose-led brands makes it a natural ally. The capital infusion, she noted, will help accelerate the brand’s omnichannel footprint, deepen research capabilities and invest in team and brand building, with an eye on establishing Ras as a leading Indian luxury skincare name both domestically and overseas.
With this move, Dabur is not just investing in a skincare label. It is placing an early wager on India’s growing appetite for premium, conscious beauty, and signalling that heritage FMCG players are ready to play in the new-age D2C arena.
