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Beauty & Cosmetics

Expiry dates, shade matching issues, and influencer-driven demand spikes—beauty has unique profit leakage patterns. We've identified ₹28Cr+ in hidden losses across beauty brands.

₹28Cr+
Leakage identified in beauty brands
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Where Beauty Brands Lose Money

Expiry Write-offs

Products expiring before sale, batch issues, and short shelf-life SKUs tying up capital that could be deployed elsewhere.

Avg. 8-12% inventory written off to expiry
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Shade Mismatch Returns

Beauty has the highest RTO rates—"wrong shade", "doesn't match skin tone", "color looks different". Each return costs ₹150-400.

Beauty RTO: 20-30% on color cosmetics
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Sample & Tester Costs

Free samples, testers, and influencer seeding eat into margins more than you realize. By the time you discount, margins are already gone.

5-8% of revenue goes to sampling

How a Beauty Brand Found Their True 9% Margin

The Discovery

A premium women's beauty brand came to us with "healthy" 35% gross margins. Our audit revealed supplier invoices didn't match POs—for 18 months. Fabric overcharges, incorrect quantities, hidden quality fees.

We also found 156 SKUs that looked profitable but were actually losing money after returns and fulfillment costs. They were actively promoting products that destroyed margin.

₹94L
Hidden costs identified
156
Loss-making SKUs identified
38%
True margin (was reported as 35%)
14 days
Time to complete audit

What We Analyze for Beauty Brands

Shade-Level Profitability

Which shades make money, which destroy it. Optimize your shade range planning based on actual profitability, not just sell-through.

Expiry Risk Analysis

Identify at-risk batches, problematic pincodes, and styles with abnormal return rates. Stop shipping to loss-making patterns.

Sample ROI Tracking

Which sampling programs drive sales, when to liquidate, when to hold. Maximize recovery from seasonal transitions.

Influencer & Sampling Audit

Influencer costs, sampling programs, quality deductions—we find every rupee your suppliers are overcharging.

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