Dabur scouting for buys with ₹7,000 cr war chest

Homegrown FMCG maker Dabur India, armed with a cash reserve of ₹7,000 crore, is scouting for acquisition opportunities in healthcare and home and personal care segments, according to its CEO Mohit Malhotra.

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Besides, Dabur is looking for acquisition opportunities in the online space, and with several D2C (Direct to Consumer) brands operating in it, it finds the valuation "more reasonable" now and will pursue it if it finds a suitable one for growth, he said.

The company is scaling its presence in the online space, which includes e-commerce channels and D2C business, where it plans to introduce more innovations under existing brands and through inorganic opportunities.

"We are introducing innovations there. Those innovations are coming on the back of existing brands and these innovations will come on the back of some new brands that we might launch or we are looking at an acquisition for a new brand," Malhotra told PTI.

The company would pursue organic growth with new brand launches in skin care and premium skin care, and the rest would be through acquisitions.