Beauty becomes Amazon India's top customer-acquisition category, growing 25-30% YoY

Amazon India hosts 400,000 beauty brands with 100+ premium labels, and over half of premium-beauty growth now comes from Tier-II cities. The platform is adding Korean, French and Japanese labels, launching a Beautyverse event, and deploying Rufus AI for discovery as it chases a $40B opportunity by 2029-30.

— Source publishedThu, 18 Jun, 2026, 17:36 IST·First seen Thu, 18 Jun, 2026, 17:39 IST·Source Business Standard · Companies

What happened

Beauty is Amazon India's top customer-acquisition category, growing 25-30% YoY with 400,000 brands listed. Over half of premium-beauty growth comes from Tier-II

Key facts

  • 25-30% YoY GMS growth
  • 400,000 beauty brands
  • 100+ premium brands
  • 1.66x MoM sales
  • $40 billion by 2029-30
  • 50%+ growth from Tier-II
  • 50%+ same-day delivery

Why this matters

Scout bolt-on targets in Korean/French/Japanese indie beauty and Tier-II-native D2C brands before Amazon's exclusive onboarding locks up the pipeline.

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