Using design thinking to reimagine our brands and portfolios
Two pronged approach to innovation
Democratising categories in emerging markets; making superior-quality, delightfully designed products available at affordable prices
Pursuing attractive adjacencies and creating new vectors of growth to broaden portfolios
Research & Development + Innovation + Design + Expertise (RIDE)
Integrated platform, combines efforts of key functions in new product development
Streamlines and expedites innovation delivery, ensures agile execution
Meet the people behind our biggest innovations
Research & Development
A state-of-the-art global R&D centre at our headquarters in Mumbai, supported by local R&D centres
Global, local, and category-specific R&D teams partner across geographies
Innovation
Our Global Innovation Team leads new product development in global categories across Asia, Africa and Latin America
Offers design thinking strategic input for brand architecture, enable cross-pollination and sharing of product ideas and processes, evaluate patents and new technologies
Design
Distinctive and delightful design is a big differentiator for us
Global Design Lab integrates design thinking and transforms product capabilities; usually outsourced in FMCG, but we believe it is very strategic to have it internally
Comprises highly skilled graphic and industrial designers from across geographies
Did you know?
10
New products across 5 categories in India in FY 20-21
100%
Natural household insecticides portfolio launched in India
2x
Innovation rate in wet hair care products in Africa