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Alagh: Johnson & Johnson Faced US Boycotts Over Cancer-Causing Talc
“And because I had lived in New York, I knew back in New York, there was this whole movement around J&J going on where the talc had some cancer causing ingredients in them and they were being taken off the shelves.”
Alagh: Harmful baby skincare ingredients banned abroad were widely used in India
“Those ingredients were banned in a few countries to be used on a baby's skin, which were being widely used in India.”
Alagh: Owning manufacturing plants limits CPG innovation and flexibility
“If I have to set it up today, it actually becomes a limitation for my business. Because I'll be limited with the space that I have, the number of machines that I can put, and hence innovation, which for the longest period of time has been super slow in India.”
Alagh: Importing and tweaking foreign formulations dilutes product performance
“Formulations get developed outside of India, and then they are imported within India, and then they are adjusted for India, which dilutes the performance of the product.”
Alagh: Financial dependence allows others to make your life decisions
“Till the time you're taking money from anybody else, whoever you are taking it from will make decisions for you. The day you start earning your own money is the day you get to choose where to spend it on.”
Alagh: Shared infrastructure eliminated the need for proprietary labs and factories
“The shared infrastructure that exists actually eases out building a business. Had it been 10 years back, you would not even be able to think about something like this because if you had to build a formulation, you have to have your own lab and then have your o…”
Alagh: Ingredient lists alone cannot replicate a cosmetic's texture and efficacy
“The sensorial, the texture, the efficacy, the feel that just knowing that knowing the ingredients, you might be able to come closer to the product, but you cannot crack exactly what the other person has cracked, right?”
Alagh: New D2C brands should launch on trusted platforms like Amazon
“What we also realized was that for a new brand, purchasing from directly from the website takes some time for them to have trust on the product or the brand. And hence platforms which have Which these guys already trust, which were like Amazon, flip card, etc.…”