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Green Trends Salons expecting 60% footfall in first-month of reopening
NEW DELHI: As the country slowly starts taking positive steps towards lifting the Covid2019 lockdown, several states have allowed salon services to resume after two months of stalled operations. However, for an industry that definitely requires human contact to function, there are huge logistical and safety-related challenges to address.
Green Trends Salon COO S Deepak Praveen tells Indiantelevision.com that it is totally geared up to tailor its services fitting the new normal. He says, “We strongly believe that post-lockdown consumers might worry about hygiene and safety. Fortunately for us at Green trends, we have always maintained the highest safety standards and salon operations with stringent SOP processes, and hence easier for us to improve upon our processes.”
The brand has built more than 15 additional SOP processes to ensure a safe salon ambience for the client and employees. While every salon has been geared with additional safety gear and infrastructure the staff has been extensively trained to ensure compliance via nearly 6000 training sessions.
Sharing details about the technical developments, Praveen says, “At Green Trends we are closely working with our technical team from, apart from inputs from government guidelines and consultations with medical experts. The body scanners, PPEs, etc. are sourced from authorised vendors while the sanitizers which are used in salons have been launched by us as ‘green trends professional hand sanitizer’ which was developed by CavinKare R&D.”
Praveen is expecting about 60 per cent footfall compared to the regular footfall at the Green Trends salons in the first month of re-opening.
To ensure that the staff and clients both remain safe, every salon employee would undergo a temperature check every day and will be given a badge with temperature details to wear through the day, to assure the clients. Additionally, for contactless services, every employee will be wearing gloves and using single-use kits for most services. They have also introduced special digital rate-cards.
Praveen adds, “We are moving to a strict appointment-only system and have revamped our salon POS to help create a seamless shift to appointment-based process for customer comfort. We would also be moving to a ticketing system where a client without entry into the salon (i.e. from the door) can scan QR code from outside to know the queue and book appointment directly – thus not having to wait and can come exactly at a fixed time slot.”
The clients will be welcomed with a temperature check, hand and foot sanitizing, and face masks to ensure maximum safety.
The salons have also mandated its employees to download Arogya Setu app on their phones.
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Jubilant FoodWorks faces Rs 47.5 crore GST demand, plans appeal
Tax authorities flag alleged misclassification of restaurant services
MUMBAI:Â Jubilant FoodWorks Limited has landed in a tax tussle after receiving a GST demand of Rs 47.5 crore from the office of the additional commissioner of CGST and central excise in Thane, Maharashtra.
The order, issued under the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, relates to an alleged incorrect classification of certain services under the category of restaurant services. According to the tax authorities, this classification resulted in a short payment of goods and services tax for the period between the financial years 2019-20 and 2021-22.
The demand includes Rs 47.5 crore in GST along with an equal amount as penalty, in addition to applicable interest. The order was received by the company on March 13, 2026.
In a regulatory filing to the BSE Limited and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited, the company said it disagrees with the order and believes its arguments were not adequately considered.
The company is preparing to challenge the decision and plans to file an appeal. It added that once the redressal process is complete, the demand is likely to be dropped.
Despite the sizeable figure attached to the notice, the company said it does not expect any material impact on its financials, operations or other activities.
The disclosure was signed by Suman Hegde, EVP and chief financial officer, who confirmed that the company received the order at 19:06 IST on March 13 and has already initiated steps to contest it.
The development places the quick service restaurant major in the middle of a tax debate that could hinge on how certain restaurant-linked services are classified under GST rules. For now, the company appears ready to take the matter from the tax office to the appeals desk.
