Brands
Tute Consult partners with health & glow to lead its communications mandate
Mumbai: Health & glow, a homegrown beauty and personal care destination has appointed Tute Consult, an integrated communications firm as its communication partner for driving a two-fold communications strategy for B2C and B2B stakeholders.
Tute Consult will be responsible to build the brand’s awareness and consideration amongst the consumers and strengthen its media presence through strategic communications and planning, said the statement.
The agency aims to create awareness of the brand’s online presence and highlight its revolutionised approach, which offers an innovative, convenient, and quality omnichannel shopping experience from across the country, it added.
“With the industry expecting an upswing and entry of new brands and product innovations, we are looking forward to redefining personalisation and further enhancing the overall experience for our customers,” stated health & glow managing director and CEO K Venkataramani. “We aim to take the retail experience to another level and make online shopping even more convenient through our innovative omnichannel offerings as we enter the 25th year with a forward-thinking approach.”
“We believe that the team at Tute Consult, through their vast experience in the sector, has the expertise to drive our vision through a strategic communication roadmap and support us in strengthening our relationship and position in the industry and amongst our stakeholders. We are excited and look forward to great innings,” he further said.
The personal care products company has been continually evolving in the beauty and personal care space and is all set to further expanding its in-house brand portfolio along with its own flagship products, said the brand.
“With the changing consumer behaviour, we believe we are at the cusp of the self-care revolution both in the health and beauty industry. Personal care industry is one of the booming industries today with an always-on innovation mode,” said Tute Consult founder Komal Lath. “Communication, therefore, has to be in an always-on innovation mode too. Our expertise in the beauty, FMCG and D2C sector over the years has refined our thought process and our approach to communication output all of which we have planned to utilise for the brand.”
Brands
Dunkin’ Donuts to exit India as Jubilant FoodWorks ends 15-year franchise deal
The quick service restaurant giant is ending a 15-year franchise partnership with the American doughnut chain, even as it renews its Domino’s agreement for another 15 years
NOIDA: Dunkin’ is done in India. Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the country’s leading quick service restaurant operator, has decided not to renew its franchise agreement with the American coffee and doughnut chain, and will wind down its Indian stores in a phased manner before December 31, 2026, bringing a 15-year partnership to a quiet, loss-laden close.
The decision, approved by JFL’s board on March 30, 2026, ends a relationship that began with a Multiple Unit Development Franchise Agreement signed on February 24, 2011. JFL will now evaluate and undertake what it described in a regulatory filing as the “rationalisation and/or cessation of certain operations and/or sale, transfer or disposal of assets and/or assignment or transfer of franchise rights,” all in consultation with Dunkin’s brand owners and strictly within the terms of the original agreement.
The numbers tell the story bluntly. In the financial year 2024-25, Dunkin’ India posted a revenue of Rs 37 crore against a loss of Rs 19 crore — a haemorrhage that was always going to test the patience of a parent company recording revenues of Rs 6,104 crore and a profit of Rs 194 crore in the same period. Doughnuts, it turns out, were never going to move the needle.
The contrast with JFL’s handling of its other marquee franchise could hardly be sharper. Even as it walks away from Dunkin’, the company has just doubled down on Domino’s, signing a fresh Master Franchise Agreement on March 31, 2026, granting it exclusive rights to develop and operate Domino’s Pizza stores in India for 15 years, with an option to renew for a further 10.
JFL, incorporated in 1995 and promoted by the Bharatia family, operates a network of more than 3,500 stores across six markets — India, Turkey, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Its portfolio includes Domino’s and Popeyes on the global side, and two home-grown brands: Hong’s Kitchen and COFFY, a café brand in Turkey.
For Dunkin’, India was always a stretch. The brand never quite cracked the cultural code in a market where filter coffee and chai command fierce loyalty and where the doughnut remains, at best, an occasional indulgence rather than a daily habit. Fifteen years, mounting losses and a parent with better things to spend its capital on was always going to be a difficult equation to solve.
The doughnut has had its last day. The pizza, however, is staying.
