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Here's how Amit and Gaurav Khatri are making the right 'Noise'
- In less than 4 years,
Noise , a homegrown bootstrapped D2C brand with presence in the smartwearable and hearable segment in India today boasts of being a market leader in thesmartwatch category. - Having witnessed close to 17X growth in the last 30 months, the brand aims to rake in Rs 850 crore net revenue in FY22.
- We speak to co-founders and brothers Amit and
Gaurav Khatri about their vision of creating a global connected lifestyle brand that can offer great products at the right prices.
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