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Homegrown brand Kaveri launches “Love by Kaveri”
Mumbai: ‘Love by Kaveri’, a new venture by Kaveri and the brainchild of renowned designer Kaveri Lalchand, with their ethos of “Love, Starts With You” is pleased to announce its new advent in the fashion and lifestyle industry. With a commitment to affordability, sustainability, and a passion for exquisite craftsmanship, Love By Kaveri offers a unique blend of ethically sourced apparel and handmade homeware that embodies the essence of love, style, and conscious living.
From casual anti-fit silhouettes to a variety of crafted accessories like stoles & scarves, handmade jewelry, totes, bags & clutches, Love By Kaveri’s myriad creations and designs are a testament to the brand’s commitment to affordability, and premium quality. Each piece is infused with natural hues, block-resist prints, and dip dyes, showcasing a blend of traditional artistry and contemporary flair.
‘Love By Kaveri’ is a perfect expression of love for all things creative, joyous, and beautiful. Influenced by the concept of timeless living, Love By Kaveri’s holiday and everyday range feature expressive styles that pay homage to nature with an abstract finesse. Crafted using sustainable fabrics like cotton, Tencel, and linen for apparel and jute, linen, and raffia for a carefully crafted collection of accessories, each piece and homeware is a perfect blend of individuality and self-expression of sustainable living.
“I believe in celebrating the beauty of life’s simple pleasures and expressing that joy through our creations,” said founder and designer Kaveri Lalchand. “Love By Kaveri is more than just a brand; it’s a lifestyle staple, a unique blend of sustainability, individuality, and our endeavor to ‘Lovely Living’, and that ‘Love starts with You.’
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Hardik Jhaveri named senior director marketing at Colgate-Palmolive Asean hub
Former Hill’s Pet Nutrition general manager returns to the company to steer marketing for South Asean from Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR: Hardik Jhaveri has been appointed senior director marketing for the South Asean hub at Colgate-Palmolive, marking a return to the consumer goods major after a three year stint with Hill’s Pet Nutrition. He will be based in Kuala Lumpur and will lead marketing strategy for the region.
Jhaveri joins the role after serving as general manager at Hill’s Pet Nutrition in Taipei, where he led a cross functional team and oversaw the business with full profit and loss responsibility. The role placed him at the helm of operations in Taiwan, managing growth in what he described as a start-up style environment within a global multinational.
Before that, Jhaveri spent over a decade with Colgate-Palmolive across several marketing and innovation roles in Asia. As associate director innovation for Apac excluding China, based in Hong Kong, he led new product development and launches across multiple markets.
His portfolio ranged from developing specialised oral care products such as a diabetes focused toothpaste for the Indian market to launching premium oral care experiences under the Colgate Total brand in Australia. Alongside innovation, he also worked on launch planning, brand strategy and communications for the company’s oral care portfolio.
Earlier in his Colgate-Palmolive journey, Jhaveri held roles including marketing manager innovation, senior brand manager and brand manager. His work spanned urban and rural markets in Mumbai and customer development responsibilities in the Greater Kolkata Area.
Prior to his long association with Colgate-Palmolive, Jhaveri worked as brand officer home care at Unilever, where he helped drive marketing initiatives for the Rin detergent brand, including nationwide relaunch and on ground activation campaigns.
He began his career in advertising with Bates David Enterprise, working on brands such as IDBI Bank, The Leela Hotels and The Times of India.
Jhaveri holds a post graduate programme in management from the Indian School of Business and has also completed a level 4 diploma in wine from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.
Announcing the move, Jhaveri said he is excited to begin his new chapter at Colgate-Palmolive’s South Asean hub and thanked colleagues and mentors who supported his journey at Hill’s Pet Nutrition.
