Shahnaz Husain - A Successful Indian Woman Entrepreneur

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Entrepreneurship-The Shahnaz Husain Way Shahnaz Husain uses the Ayurvedic method of treatment, which uses natural formulations to cure ailments. She is the pioneer and leader of Ayurvedic beauty products in the world offering "Natural Care and Cure". The Shahnaz Husain Group offers exclusive salon treatments geared to individual needs as well as a number of commercial formulations for the treatment of specific problems like acne, pimples, pigmentation, dehydration, alopecia (hair loss), etc. According to the Group, ayurvedic products are well suited to human skin and hair as they are non-toxic and have no harmful side effects. The human body adapts well to the natural treatments of Ayurveda while it has an inbuilt resistance toward chemical treatments. This makes the system all the more effective. The Group's sophisticated R&D units develop the products and put them through stringent quality control tests. These products are environment friendly and no testing is done on animals.

All the products offered by the group are entirely natural and carry the guarantee of purity and safety. Shahnaz offers a wide variety of over 400 products for all age groups and for a variety of problems. She uses natural ingredients - fruits, flowers, herbs, vegetables, honey, - as the base for most of her products. More complicated and exclusive treatments using gold and pearls have also been developed. Shahnaz has recently launched the Oxygen Range with an Oxygen cream, an Oxygen mask and facials using ingredients which breathe life into the skin and revitalize it. The Shahnaz Husain Group has two R&D units and a herb and flower farm near Delhi. A degree of quality control is exercised at every stage of the product development, right from the raw material stage to the end product. Various methods of soil culture and cultivation are followed to improve the quality of the final product. The extraction of essential oils and decoctions, infusions, powders and tinctures, is carried out using the latest technology. All the procedures are carried out in accordance with the Ayurvedic system. Shahnaz believes that high quality is ensured only by the rigid exercise of control at every stage of production. In spite of the huge size of her business and the wide variety of products she deals in, Shahnaz Husain has never advertised. She has relied entirely on word-of-mouth publicity to make her products known to customers. She believes that a satisfied customer is the best form of advertisement. Before Shahnaz Husain entered the retail market, her clinics were the only outlets for her products. By the 1990s, the range and popularity of Shahnaz products had increased so much that her products were carried by most of the big retail stores in India and abroad. She has been able to achieve growth due to the quality of her products and the result-oriented treatments she offers. She commented, "I have relied only on clientele feedback, based on clinical treatments and this is what has made the ranges truly unique and result oriented."

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