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Pee Safe launches podcast ‘Unmute with Pee Safe’ to help women own their voice
Pee Safe reintroduces its podcast series with conversations that inspire confidence, authenticity, and honest dialogue.
MUMBAI: Pee Safe is proud to re-launch its podcast series, Pee Room Conversations, with a fresh perspective “Unmute with Pee Safe.” The series aims to create a safe space for women to openly discuss the challenges they face in daily life. By encouraging honest and authentic conversations, the podcast highlights how societal pressures, particularly the expectation to always be “likeable,” influence women’s decisions and self-expression.
The first episode of Season 4, titled Episode 1 – The Pressure to Be Likeable, explores how women often adjust their tone, opinions, and aspirations to fit societal expectations at work, in personal life, and beyond. This constant self-adjustment can leave women feeling drained and restricted. The series introduces the idea of “unmuting” as a powerful act, making a conscious choice to express oneself fully and confidently.
Speaking about the launch, Pee Safe founder Vikas Bagaria said, “Empowerment begins with honest conversations. Through ‘Unmute,’ we aim to create a space where women can speak freely without the burden of constantly limiting themselves. This series celebrates women owning their voice with confidence and authenticity.”
The episode features insights from experts including Ankita, director and category head for fem care and grooming at Blinkit; Aarushi Lohani, co-founder of Find Your Fit; Garima, dentist and influencer; Tanya Mehra, child nutritionist and mom blogger; and Srishti Jain, co-founder of Feeding India. They share experiences on how the pressure to be likeable impacts careers, decision-making, and life, while offering strategies to regain authenticity and self-confidence.
With “Unmute with Pee Safe,” the brand continues to demonstrate its commitment to empowering women beyond its products, inspiring them to be more confident and embrace positive change. Pee Safe emphasizes that true empowerment begins when women choose to unmute themselves.
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Estée Lauder to shed 10,000 jobs as new boss bets on digital shift
The cosmetics giant raises its profit outlook but stays silent on a possible merger with Spain’s Puig, as job cuts deepen and a three-year sales slump weighs on the turnaround
NEW YORK: Stéphane de La Faverie is not done cutting. Estée Lauder announced on Friday that it plans to eliminate as many as 3,000 additional jobs, taking its total redundancy programme to as many as 10,000 roles, up from a previous target of 7,000 announced a year ago. The company, which owns La Mer, The Ordinary, Tom Ford, and Aveda, employs roughly 57,000 people worldwide. The mathematics of what is now being contemplated is stark.
The fresh round of cuts is expected to generate a further $200 million in savings, bringing the total annual savings from the programme to as much as $1.2 billion before taxes. That money, De La Faverie has made clear, will be ploughed back into the turnaround.
A CEO in a hurry
De La Faverie, who took the helm in January 2025, inherited a company that had endured three consecutive years of annual sales declines. His response has been to move fast and cut deep. A significant portion of the latest redundancies reflects his push to reduce headcount at US department stores, long a cornerstone of Estée Lauder’s distribution model but now a channel in structural decline. In their place, he is accelerating the shift toward faster-growing online platforms, including Amazon.com and TikTok Shop, a pivot that is reshaping not just where Estée Lauder sells but how it thinks about its customers.
The numbers are moving in the right direction
Despite the pain, there are signs the medicine is working. Estée Lauder raised its profit outlook for the remainder of the fiscal year, guiding for adjusted earnings per share in the range of $2.35 to $2.45, above analyst estimates and a notable step up from the $2.05 to $2.25 range it had guided for in February. Organic net sales growth is expected to come in at 3 per cent, the company said, at the high end of the range it set out in February.
The share price tells a mixed story. After De La Faverie took charge, the stock surged nearly 60 per cent, buoyed by investor optimism that a longtime company insider could finally arrest the decline. But 2026 has been rougher: the shares have fallen 27 per cent this year, weighed down by disappointing February results and the overhang of unresolved merger talks with Spanish beauty giant Puig Brands SA. The company gave no additional details about those discussions on Friday, leaving the market to guess.
Silence on Puig
The proposed tie-up with Puig remains the most consequential unknown hanging over Estée Lauder. A deal with the Barcelona-based group, which owns brands including Carolina Herrera and Rabanne, would reshape the global luxury beauty landscape. But with nothing new to say and a turnaround still very much in progress, De La Faverie is asking investors to trust the process.
Three years of sales declines, 10,000 job cuts, and a merger that may or may not happen. At Estée Lauder, the overhaul has barely started.
