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With worsening air quality, air purifier sales soar in country
With the overall air quality in various parts, particularly Delhi NCR, in the country fluctuating between ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ categories, air purifier makers are logging as much as 50% rise in sale numbers and expecting the momentum to gain more traction during winters.
The air purifier segment, which was earlier limited to select pockets of top metro cities, is firming its foothold in smaller cities, and online channels are emerging as a key facilitator to meet the consumer demand in such places.
Though air purifier as a segment is very small but it has increased in size over the last three years, and the vertical is expected to grow by…