Keep Failing and You Will Succeed | C K Kumaravel Tamil motivation

In the rapidly growing beauty industry, which is slowly being taken over by women entrepreneurs, C.K. Kumaravel, MD and co-founder, Groom India Salon and Spa Pvt. Ltd., which owns the Naturals brand, is planning a rapid expansion, targeting more than 3,000 salons by 2020. While big players such as Lakme, which started off selling beauty products, took their time to enter the ‘salon’ business, Mr. Kumaravel has done the opposite — he set up the ‘salon’ business first and is now venturing into selling beauty products. In an interview, he speaks about expansion plans, new products and how the salon industry has evolved. Edited excerpts: