Beauty & Personal Care · Ethnographic Research

Ethnographic Research for the Beauty & Personal Care industry

Observe real behaviour in homes, shops and workplaces across India.

Quick answer

Market Research India offers ethnographic research for Beauty & Personal Care companies in India. Methods include in-home immersions, shop-alongs, diary studies, with fieldwork in 50 cities.

Proposal in 24 hours
Scoped, itemised and fixed-fee.
50 cities, 14 languages
Our own supervised field teams.
Senior-led, NDA-first
A research director on every project.

2,400+

Projects delivered

Cities with field teams

Industries covered

Indian languages

Overview

Research for skincare, cosmetics, salons and wellness brands. Ethnographic Research gives beauty & personal care teams clear evidence for their decisions.

We design every ethnographic research study around the realities of the beauty & personal care market: who buys, who influences the purchase, and how channels work across urban and rural India.

Methods

In-home immersions
Shop-alongs
Diary studies
Video ethnography

Deliverables

Behaviour maps
Video stories
Opportunity areas

Beauty & Personal Care questions this answers

What drives D2C beauty loyalty?
How do influencers affect purchase?
Which ingredients do buyers trust?

How we work

Our research process

01
Discovery
We turn your business question into clear research objectives.
02
Design
Sampling, method, questionnaire and discussion guides, translated into local languages.
03
Fieldwork
Supervised field teams with GPS, audio and back-check quality control.
04
Analysis
Statistical and thematic analysis by senior researchers.
05
Insight
Board-ready reports, dashboards and workshops with clear recommendations.

Before you brief us

Frequently asked questions

What does ethnographic research cover for the beauty & personal care industry?

Typical outputs include behaviour maps, video stories, opportunity areas, built around the questions that matter in beauty & personal care.

Which cities can the study cover?

Any combination of our 50 Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities, plus rural clusters where needed.

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