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Modi: 80% of First-Time Beauty Purchases Happen in Offline Stores

Bhakti Modi · Tira, Bombay Shaving Co., Inde Wild | WTF is Fueling India’s Beauty & Skincare Revolution? | Ep. 25 · Nikhil Kamath · Sep 20, 2025 · at 2:14:14

Bhakti Modi of Tira discusses consumer buying behavior and the importance of offline touch and feel in the beauty industry.

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“Consumers today still buy 80% of beauty for the first time in a store, in an offline environment, because the emotional touch, feel factor is still so huge in beauty”

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