HUL Changes 'Fair' to 'Glow and Lovely', Twitter Asks if This Will End Racism in India
4 years, 6 months ago

HUL Changes 'Fair' to 'Glow and Lovely', Twitter Asks if This Will End Racism in India

News 18  

A week after announcing that it will rebrand its flagship skin lightening cream and drop 'Fair' from 'Fair and Lovely', Hindustan Unilever came up with a fresh product name, 'Glow and Lovely'. We recognise that the use of the words ‘fair’, ‘white’ and ‘light’ suggest a singular ideal of beauty that we don’t think is right, and we want to address this," Sunny Jain, President Beauty & Personal Care, had said in a statement released on the company's website. The product continued to received similar backlash as netizens including Indian film director Shekhar Kapur questioned how much of a difference it makes by removing the word "fair" and adding "glow" made. "Words such as skin brightening, whitening, lightening could soon become a thing of the past on all labels and product sales pitches," a source from L'oreal Paris had said earlier.

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Calcutta High Court Restrains HUL From Using 'Glow & Handsome' Trademark In Infringement Suit By Emami
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Restrains HUL From Using 'Glow & Handsome' Trademark In Infringement Suit By Emami

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has restrained consumer goods giant Hindustan Unilever Ltd from using the 'Glow & Handsome' trademark to sell its men's care products following a suit by Emami Ltd. whose brand "Fair & Handsome" allegedly held the major market share.In 2020, HUL changed the name of its men's skin cream from “MEN'S FAIR & LOVELY” to “GLOW & …

Glow and Lovely: A Case of Woke Washing?
3 years, 9 months ago

Glow and Lovely: A Case of Woke Washing?

Live Law  

Robert Reich said, "If a certain action improves the corporation's bottom line, there's no point in labelling it "socially responsible". One such "impactful" action that caught our eye was the rebranding of our most well- known fairness cream brand, "Fair and Lovely". Among the most successful cosmetic brands by Hindustan Unilever till date, Fair & Lovely was found to occupy …

HUL vs Emami : Bombay HC Temporarily Restrains Emami From Using The Mark "Glow And Handsome" [Read Order]
4 years, 4 months ago

HUL vs Emami : Bombay HC Temporarily Restrains Emami From Using The Mark "Glow And Handsome" [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted a temporary injunction against Emami Ltd, restraining the Kolkata based conglomerate from using the mark "Glow and Handsome" noting that the plaintiff Hindustan Unilever was prima facie the prior adopter and user of the said trademark. Justice SC Gupte was hearing an interim application in a commercial suit filed by HUL, who claims …

Bombay High Court bar on Emami brand plan
4 years, 4 months ago

Bombay High Court bar on Emami brand plan

Live Mint  

The Bombay high court on Monday temporarily restrained consumer goods maker Emami Ltd from using the mark ‘Glow and Handsome’ in its grooming, skincare and cosmetic products, in a relief for Hindustan Unilever Ltd, India’s largest packaged goods firm. After HUL decided in June to rename its popular fairness cream “Fair & Lovely” to “Glow & Lovely” for women and …

Bombay HC Restrains Emami from Using Label 'Glow & Handsome'
4 years, 4 months ago

Bombay HC Restrains Emami from Using Label 'Glow & Handsome'

News 18  

The Bombay High Court, in a temporary order, has restrained FMCG firm Emami from selling any skincare product under the brand name containing the words "Glow and Handsome", saying that prima facie Hindustan Unilever has used them first in its brands. Justice S C Gupte passed the order on Monday on an application filed by HUL under the Trade Marks …

HC restrains Emami from using label 'Glow & Handsome'
4 years, 4 months ago

HC restrains Emami from using label 'Glow & Handsome'

India TV News  

The Bombay High Court, in a temporary order, has restrained FMCG firm Emami from selling any skincare product under the brandname containing the words "Glow and Handsome", saying that prima facie Hindustan Unilever has used them first in its brands. Justice S C Gupte passed the order on Monday on an application filed by HUL under the Trade Marks Act, …

‘Whitening’ undergoes a makeover but colourism stays
4 years, 5 months ago

‘Whitening’ undergoes a makeover but colourism stays

The Hindu  

The world’s biggest cosmetics companies have been selling a fairy tale that often goes something No company has had greater success peddling this message across Asia, Africa and West Asia than Unilever’s Fair & Lovely brand, which sells millions of tubes of skin lightening cream annually. But it’s unlikely that fresh marketing by the world’s biggest brands in beauty will …

Emami, HUL spar over ‘Glow & Handsome’ brand name; both claim trademark rights
4 years, 6 months ago

Emami, HUL spar over ‘Glow & Handsome’ brand name; both claim trademark rights

The Hindu  

Home-grown FMCG firm Emami on Thursday strongly objected to Hindustan Unilever rebranding its men’s range of skincare product as ‘Glow & Handsome’, threatening legal action while claiming trademark rights over the name. Earlier, HUL announced its decision to rebrand its flagship skincare cream ‘Fair and Lovely’ as ‘Glow and Lovely’, with the men’s range of products being rechristened to ‘Glow …

HUL’s ‘Fair & Lovely’ is now ‘Glow & Lovely’
4 years, 6 months ago

HUL’s ‘Fair & Lovely’ is now ‘Glow & Lovely’

Live Mint  

Hindustan Unilever Ltd’s best-selling Fair & Lovely skin-lightening cream has dropped the word “fair” after complaints that it promoted racial stereotyping. Late last week, French beauty company L’Oreal said it will remove the words ‘white’, ‘fair’, and ‘light’, from all its “skin even-ing products”. And HUL, announcing the withdrawal of ‘fair’ from Fair & Lovely last week, said, “The brand …

HUL re-brands ‘Fair & Lovely’ as ‘Glow & Lovely’ after dropping word ‘fair’
4 years, 6 months ago

HUL re-brands ‘Fair & Lovely’ as ‘Glow & Lovely’ after dropping word ‘fair’

The Hindu  

FMCG major HUL on Thursday said it has re-branded its popular skincare brand Fair & Lovely as ‘Glow & Lovely’ after dropping the word fair in its name. Earlier on June, 25 HUL had announced dropping the word ‘fair’ from its popular skincare brand ‘Fair & Lovely’, citing its vision to adopt a holistic approach to beauty. HUL, a subsidiary …

Beyond Unilever's cosmetic renaming of Fair & Lovely, brand must redress years of profiting off India's dark skin stigma
4 years, 6 months ago

Beyond Unilever's cosmetic renaming of Fair & Lovely, brand must redress years of profiting off India's dark skin stigma

Firstpost  

As someone firmly on the far dark side of that shade card that comes with skin fairness products, the announcement by Hindustan Unilever earlier this week left my mind boggled. Things were so bad that six years ago the ad industry’s self-regulatory body ASCI had to create guidelines specifically for ‘skin lightening or fairness improvement products’. In his expansive interview …

Unilever’s rebrand of Fair & Lovely is a sticking plaster – it shouldn’t sell skin lightening creams at all
4 years, 6 months ago

Unilever’s rebrand of Fair & Lovely is a sticking plaster – it shouldn’t sell skin lightening creams at all

The Independent  

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Unilever to drop ‘Fair & Lovely’ skin-lightening product name to create ‘more diverse portrayal of beauty’
4 years, 6 months ago

Unilever to drop ‘Fair & Lovely’ skin-lightening product name to create ‘more diverse portrayal of beauty’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Unilever’s India unit, Hindustan Unilever, …

Fair & Lovely skin cream to drop 'Fair' from its name. Twitter erupts with memes
4 years, 6 months ago

Fair & Lovely skin cream to drop 'Fair' from its name. Twitter erupts with memes

India TV News  

Hindustan Unilever, on Thursday, said that it will drop the word "fair" from its skin-lightening cream Fair & Lovely. We recognise that the use of the words "fair", "white" and "light" suggest a singular ideal of beauty that we don't think is right, and we want to address this," Sunny Jain, Unilever's president of its beauty and personal care division, …

Hindustan Unilever to drop ‘fair’ from ‘Fair and Lovely’ product line
4 years, 6 months ago

Hindustan Unilever to drop ‘fair’ from ‘Fair and Lovely’ product line

The Hindu  

The Indian unit of Unilever said on Thursday it will drop the word “fair” from its “Fair & Lovely” range of products, which have long been criticised for promoting negative stereotypes against people with darker skin. a more diverse portrayal of beauty,” Hindustan Unilever Chairman Sanjiv Mehta said in a statement. “We recognise that the use of the words fair, …

Hindustan Unilever drops 'Fair' from 'Fair & Lovely' to make brand more inclusive
4 years, 6 months ago

Hindustan Unilever drops 'Fair' from 'Fair & Lovely' to make brand more inclusive

Firstpost  

Consumer brand Hindustan Unilever announced Thursday that it’s dropping the word ‘Fair’ from its popular fairness cream brand ‘Fair & Lovely’ to achieve a “more inclusive vision of beauty”, reports said. “Taking forward the brand’s journey towards a more inclusive vision of beauty, the co will stop using the word ‘Fair’ in the brand name ‘Fair & Lovely’,” the company …

Dark and Lovely: Padma Lakshmi posts about colourism, Diet Sabya demands ban on Fair and Lovely
4 years, 6 months ago

Dark and Lovely: Padma Lakshmi posts about colourism, Diet Sabya demands ban on Fair and Lovely

Hindustan Times  

Over the past few weeks names and words like George Floyd, police brutality, racism, Black Lives Matter, Derek Chauvin, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery have taken over the news channels and sites, and the prevalent problem of systematic and institutional racism have taken centre stage. Calling out colourism and how women’s self worth is evaluated on the basis of their skin …

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