The Hindu Business Line : Friday, January 08, 2010

MARKETING

OUTLOOK: Consumer goods sector moves slowly
Q3 growth likely to dip below 10%. The fast-moving consumer goods industry that escaped the slowdown almost unscathed when other industries were hurting, is now beginning to feel ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Maruti rIII concept could become reality by mid-2012
Company launches Eeco multi-purpose vehicle. Maruti Suzuki's concept MPV ‘rIII', may see production by mid-2012, a company official said ...

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES: Pfizer to license, sell 40 Strides drugs in US
First drug to be launched this year. The Bangalore-based Strides Arcolab has announced a major licensing and supply deal with Pfizer by which the world's largest drug maker would source 40 patent-free medicines, mostly cancer therapies, for sale ...

STRATEGY: Kishore Biyani all set to launch telecom services
Business model to be based on MVNO platform. The business model is likely to be based on the MVNO platform( Mobile Virtual Network Operator) platform whereby a mobile operator does not own its own spectrum and usually does not have its own ...

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES: Court dismisses landowners' plea for retail dealership of petro products
The Madras High Court has rejected the plea for allotment of retail outlets/dealership of public sector oil companies – Hindustan Petroleum Corpn and IBP Co Ltd – on ‘land owners category' as in the case of Indian ...

STRATEGY: Lufthansa to offer economy class
German carrier Lufthansa is converting the purely business jet service that it operates between Pune and Frankfurt to include economy class seats in order to make the product economically viable. The service, which began operations in June ...

STRATEGY: ‘3 idiots' to be made in Tamil
After shattering all box office records, Aamir Khan's blockbuster film 3 idiots will see a Tamil ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Mobell launches mobile phones
Singapore-based mobile handset maker Mobell, which recently entered the Indian market through a tie up with Salora International, has launched its products in ...

STRATEGY: Thomas Cook plans travel road show
Thomas Cook (India) Ltd (TCIL), in its third consecutive Holiday Summer Sale, is organising a three-month long travel road show covering 34 cities across ...

From Brand Line

INTERVIEW: Feeling the ‘Pulsar'
Bajaj Auto's S. Sridhar explains why the company has launched a smaller version of the Pulsar.. At the start of the millennium Bajaj Auto swept many bikers off their feet with Pulsar 150. Pulsar 180 followed soon. Even about six months ago, with ...

INTERVIEW: Bajaj rides the learning curve
S. Sridhar on the prospects for Bajaj's other bikes.. XCD was never promoted as a family bike or a commuters' bike. This brand could have been given more attention to improve ...

ONLINE MARKETING: For a good bargain online
Online shopping need not rob you of those attractive deals on bulk purchases. Web sites now allow you to become part of a group with exactly that in mind.. H ow many times have you teamed up with friends to shop at the local bazaar, buying in ...

INTERVIEW: Agenda 2010 for the retail sector
FDI in multi-brand retailing, industry status and easier regulatory norms … a peek at the retail wish-list.. At the start of the century, or even mid-decade, what were the policy expectations to be fulfilled by the end of the first decade, ...

INSIGHT: Taking a reality check
Get real, seems to be the message playing out from events of 2009.. As 2009 slid into the history books it also brought to an end a decade that has been labelled the Noughties (for the two zeroes or noughts that lay between the number two and ...

BOOKS: Eight Cs of electronic event systems
Communicate, cut costs, and conduct research are the first three of the eight Cs of electronic event systems, that Leonard H. Hoyle mentions in Event Marketing (www.wileyindia.com). Communicating is about using the large array of ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Open sesame!
V3 Engineers have launched a range of eco-friendly doors under the brand name ‘V3 Dorz'. They come in standard sizes, with fully-assembled frame and doors ready for installation to the wall. The basic frame of the door is made out ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Be ageless
The Ozone group has expanded its flagship brand Nomarks to launch an organic extracts-enriched cosmeceutical skincare range. It comprises three new specialised groups – the Green range for oily skin, Blue range for dry skin and Pink ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: For your desk
CRY World has launched a new range of desk calendars for 2010. The Expressions of Childhood calendar is a set of positive statements capturing hope for a better tomorrow. Priced at Rs 66, these calendars can be ordered online ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Grande designs
Hindware has introduced Grande one-piece EWC (water closet) and Grande under-counter washbasins. It has added new space-saving features to the EWC. These toilets utilise dual-flush technology to save water. The price is Rs 32,939. The ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Go floral
Henkel India has launched a new variant of Mr. White with the scent of fresh flowers in the South zone. It is priced at Rs 28 for 450 gm pack and Rs 52 for the 800 ...

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