Retail Front

Open for Business A nail academy debut in South India and a popular retail store opening in a non-metro - here are the latest additions to the beauty industry’s Indian journey.

The Nail Art School By Dipika Parihar, Bangalore in Raipur, Chattisgarh. Since its inception as an e-commerce portal in 2012, Nykaa has evolved into an omnichannel multi-brand retailer with 40+ stores across 20+ cities within two years. Nykaa stores retail a diverse range of beauty brands from across the globe such as HuDA Beauty, M.A.C Cosmetics, Estée Lauder, TonyMoly, Laneige, and Nykaa Beauty, among others.

Anchit Nayar, CEO - Retail, Nykaa, said “We are pleased to announce the opening of our 55th store in such a short span of time, truly making us India’s leading omnichannel beauty retailer. Since our early days as an e-commerce company, our customers have asked that we open physical stores and we listened. Nykaa customers reside in all corners of this country and at 55 stores, our offline journey has just begun.” The Nail Art School by Dipika Parihar, in collaboration With Zorain’s Studio, recently opened its first academy in Bangalore, offering 18 courses with an in-take capacity of 40 students in two major batches. Headquartered in Mumbai, the academy has a team of professional nail technicians led by celebrity nail artist Dipika Parihar. Speaking at the launch, Ubaid Dandekar – CEO, The Nail Art School, said “We are thrilled to announce the opening of our second nail academy, and first in South India, in collaboration with Zorains Studio. This expansion of TNAS academy, allows us to grow our educational wing and reach out to more and more students, and fulfill their demands of becoming nail artist/technicians. We have had a huge demand and inquiry for our courses from the Bengaluru markets and this will mark our first franchise academy outside Mumbai. We look at around 50 more new openings in the next five years, across India. Each new opening will help us fulfill our mission to give the best of nail education to the aspiring artists and help

Nykaa Beauty Store, Raipur Beauty retailer Nykaa has recently opened its 55th store

grow the nail industry in India.”