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Good Glamm Group acquires ScoopWhoop, signals foray into men’s grooming space
Mumbai: GoodGlamm Group, the parent company of direct-to-consumer (D2C) beauty and personal care brand MyGlamm, has acquired the new-age digital media platform ScoopWhoop Media. This is the second acquisition by the company in less than a month and the fourth big buyout for the group after The Moms Co, BabyChakra, and content and commerce platform POPxo, which it acquired last year.
With the ScoopWhoop takeover, the company now intends to build its venture into the men’s grooming category.
“I have been an ardent user and fan of ScoopWhoop for a long time. It’s a privilege to have Sattvik, Rishi, Sriparna join the Good Glamm Group family and have ScoopWhoop accelerate the Group’s foray into building a content-to-commerce platform for the burgeoning male grooming and personal care segment,” commented Good Glamm group founder and CEO Darpan Sanghvi.
Founded in 2013 by Sattvik Mishra, Rishi Pratim Mukherjee, and Sriparna Tikekar, ScoopWhoop has over 1.5 billion impressions every month and over 100 million users, the company said.
Based in New Delhi, the media outlet will continue to work as an independent brand and media house within the Good Glamm Group. Its founders will continue to lead ScoopWhoop and work closely with Sanghvi and the other co-founders of Good Glamm Group, Priyanka Gill and Naiyya Saggi, said the statement.
The D2C brand MyGlamm had introduced The Good Glamm Group in September to consolidate all its businesses under one umbrella and announced its plans to acquire six brands in the beauty and personal care space before March.
“The acquisition of ScoopWhoop, which has a male audience of over 60 per cent, will pave the way for entry into content-to-commerce for the fast-growing male segment. Good Glamm Group’s commerce stack coupled with ScoopWhoop’s content capabilities and digital reach amongst men will turbocharge the group’s D2C capabilities in the male grooming segment,” the company said in a press statement.
“The company is looking to invest Rs 500 crore over the next two years in the male grooming space and are in talks with a few brands in the segment to acquire them,” it further added.
The company had acquired baby and mother products brand The Moms Co for Rs 500 crore earlier this month. It is also the group’s second acquisition in the content space after the women-centric content platform POPxo.
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Maharashtra panel orders Lodha to refund Rs 5 crore to homebuyers
Consumer court flags unfair practices in long-running property dispute case
MUMBAI: In a sharp rebuke to one of India’s biggest real estate players, the Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed Macrotech Developers to refund nearly Rs 5 crore to a senior citizen couple, Uttam and Anindita Chatterjee. The ruling, delivered on March 13, 2026, calls out the developer for “deficiency in service” and “unfair trade practices”, bringing closure to a dispute that has stretched over a decade.
The case traces back to 2015, when the couple booked a 3-BHK flat at World Towers in Lower Parel for Rs 12.22 crore, with possession promised within a year. What followed was a series of changes that complicated matters. After deciding to exit the project, they were persuaded to shift to a 4-BHK in another development priced at Rs 8 crore, with delivery scheduled for 2018. However, within months, the price was allegedly increased to Rs 10 crore. After demonetisation reshaped the market, similar flats were reportedly being offered at lower prices, but the couple were not given the benefit.
Despite paying over Rs 2.83 crore, the couple neither received possession nor clarity. Instead, in 2018, the developer unilaterally cancelled the booking, retained part of the amount as earnest money, and argued that the buyers were investors rather than consumers. The commission rejected this claim, observing that casual references to “investment” do not take away consumer rights when the purchase intent is residential.
The bench also held that the developer could not penalise buyers for payment delays while failing to meet its own delivery commitments. It noted the lack of formal documentation for revised terms and termed the prolonged retention of funds without delivering a home as exploitative.
As part of its order, the commission directed the developer to refund Rs 2.83 crore paid by the couple, along with interest at 10 per cent per annum, amounting to around Rs 2.12 crore. In addition, Rs 1 lakh has been awarded for mental agony and Rs 50,000 towards litigation costs, taking the total payout to over Rs 5 crore. The developer has been asked to comply within two months.
For now, the ruling serves as a reminder that in real estate, shifting terms and delayed promises can carry a significant cost.
