Retail Industry

Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited (KSDL), globally recognised for its iconic Mysore Sandal Soap, is set to expand its footprint with the addition of around 480 new distributors across India in 2025.

While the brand has primarily been available in the southern states, it will now branch out to regions like Jammu and Kashmir, Nagaland, Gujarat, Punjab, and all other states to increase its market presence.

Retailers, both large and small, are facing rising challenges with price look-up (PLU) fraud at self-checkout, particularly in areas like produce, deli counters, and salad bars. A recent study reveals that retail shrink rates for businesses using self-checkout lanes are more than double the industry average, reaching nearly 4%¹. The fresh foods category is especially vulnerable to this kind of fraud, impacting profitability.

Movopack, a company providing eCommerce platforms with circular and sustainable packaging, has raised £2 million seed funding to launch in the UK via a partnership with Royal Mail.

The company’s first expansion outside of Italy aims to help tackle a growing packaging waste crisis, where an estimated 1.7 billion pieces of plastic are discarded weekly. 

French suncare brand Hei Poa offers products enriched with Monoi from Tahiti, evoking the Polynesian islands. For the brand’s first facial stick product, it worked with Quadpack to produce an aesthetically stunning pack, that minimised the amount of plastic and was easy to apply on the face. Launched in record time for the summer season, Stick Solaire Visage SPF50+ now comes beautifully packaged in Quadpack’s refillable, 15g Infinite Panstick.

Benefit Cosmetics has cooked up a delightful new packaging range for its Benemart Holiday pop-up shop. A delightfully retro twist on classic pantry items, the playful packaging is a unique twist on cosmetics branding, bringing a welcome dose of colour and creativity to the shelves.

With vibrant new packaging and the return of our customer-favorite 4-cup pack, Wild About Mixmi Froyo™ is now reformulated with 100% natural ingredients, free from GMOs and artificial sweeteners. Originally launched as a nutritious dessert option for children, the company successfully served 7 million kids through school programs. However, the pandemic prompted a strategic pivot, expanding their distribution to retail channels to reach a wider audience. The brand is part of the innovative Rä Foods portfolio, known for bringing great-tasting, highly functional foods to the market.

KP Snacks has announced a further investment in flow wrap equipment to reduce plastic packaging across its Discos, Roysters and Frisps lines.

The supplier says the flow wrapping process will see a 35% plastic packaging reduction for six-packs across these three brands, equivalent to 100 tonnes of packaging saved annually.

This process is in line with the supplier’s People & Planet strategy to use as little packaging as possible.