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Blaupunkt announces anniversary sale, offering the best buy discounts on Amazon
MUMBAI: Blaupunkt, an almost 100 years old innovative German brand, has announced Anniversary sale, offering discounts upto 65 % on its audio products exclusively on Amazon, from 3rd March to 8th March. Blaupunkt boasts of a great tradition of audio products and offers a high-end performance portfolio of innovation and absolute reliable consumer electronics products in the finest functional quality.
Blaupunkt product portfolio is divided into 3 broad categories named as Personal Audio, Home Audio & Bluetooth speakers. The entire range of the products are on deal for these days on Amazon India. Few notable products which are worth exploring are new launched massive Towers- PS600 which are selling at 21,990/- from their regular price of 39,990/-. Truly Wireless BTW01 which are selling at 3990/- from their MRP of 7,999/- and Wireless Soundbar SBWL02 which are selling at 8,990/- from their Retail price of 19,990/-
As a mark of the anniversary celebration, Blaupunkt comes up with an annual sale on Amazon. And, this year it has come up during the perfect time when the festive season is around the corner, where you can unite your people together and forget all resentments, organize events like house parties, pool parties, jamming sessions, and many others.
“Blaupunkt was launched last year on Amazon India platform and we are determined to offer best possible consumer experience. We are leaving no stone unturned to combine German technology with Indian specific music taste and in the process ensuring an unparallel brand experience. Its our annual process where in the month of March, we run super aggressive, never before offers for our shoppers to end the financial year on the high” said the Blaupunkt Audio CEO, Sukhesh Madaan.
Brands
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.
