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Gulf Oil to tap supermarkets for car care products
REALISING that lubricants and car care products cannot ride the same distribution chain Gulf Oil Corporation has decided to approach supermarkets to sell its brand of car care products. Speaking to Business Line, Mr V. Ramesh Rao, ... More

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New ad campaign in offing for Omega
FROM `My Choice' to `Choices'. Swiss watch major The Swatch Group has announced a new advertising campaign for its Omega brand that will hit India early next year. The campaign, featuring model Cindy Crawford, Pierce Brosnan and Anna Kornikova ... More

First media audit firm begins operations
"But the standard response is, audits are done by chartered accountants, why do we need it in media," Ms Madhvani said. More

Camlin to drop Chlorophyll
THE Rs 200-crore stationery major, Camlin Ltd, has decided to shed Chlorophyll, the fee-based brand and communications consultancy, which was in-charge of developing a new youth-centric stationery brand for the company. Mr. Dilip Dandekar, ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS


Voltas to spend Rs 18 cr in promotions
VOLTAS Ltd will be spending Rs 18 crore in promotions in the current year and will at the same time launch 50 new products in the market, according to Mr K.J. Jawa, Vice President, Operations, Voltas Ltd. The company expects a turnover of Rs ... More

RETAILING


Tesco eyes India as source for food biz
"The entry into India looks logical. It satisfies the requirement of a large consuming market and has strong GDP growth projections, which makes it a good bet," Mr G. Shankar said. More

MARKETING RESEARCH


Holidayers get busy with activity-packed vacations
INDIAN holidaymakers seem to have come of age. Not only are more and more Indians looking at going abroad for a holiday, they are also looking out for an experiential one. It could be learning scuba diving in Phuket or skiing in Switzerland. ... More

TAM Adex division rechristened Adex India — Launches e-Rapid Monitoring Service
Since TAM took over ORG-MARG's Adex business last year, it has invested in modelling it along international media monitoring standards, improving the speed and quality of data delivery and the accuracy of its database. More

BRANDS


Deccan Sugars enters retail market with branded sugar
DECCAN Sugars, a company of the Nava Bharat Ferro Alloys Ltd group, has entered the retail market this month by introducing branded sugar and it hopes to make a mark in the field as one of the few sugar factories to have done so in the ... More

Tata Tea to focus on three `power brands'
WITH the objective of consolidating its portfolio in tough market conditions, Tata Tea Ltd has identified three `power brands' from its packaged, branded tea portfolio. The three brands the company proposes to focus on are — its flagship ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS


The chocolate story: No clear norms on storage
THIS may come as bitter truth to chocolate-lovers — but the recent controversy over Cadbury's Dairy Milk Chocolate may have in fact opened a can of worms in terms of storage norms for chocolate, or the lack of it. And it's not just the ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES


Splendor variant launched
HERO Honda Motors Ltd has announced the launch of a new version of its best-selling 100cc Splendor motorcycle in a bid to consolidate its leadership in the Indian two-wheeler industry. According to Mr Pawan Munjal, Managing Director, Hero Honda ... More

Vijaya Diagnostic to offer PET Imaging services
MOVING a step closer to offering the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging services, the Vijaya Diagnostic Centre (VDC) has launched the Dual Head Spect Gamma Camera System (Millennium VG5), claimed to be the first such installation in south ... More

Golden Glow beer launched in Kerala
KOCHI: Inertia Industries Ltd, producers of Sand Piper and Zingaro brands of beer, has introduced one more new product - Golden Glow beer - in the Kerala market. Priced at Rs 35 per bottle, the beer was brewed at Empee Breweries Ltd, ... More

Solix tool for data migration
HYDERABAD: Solix Technologies Ltd., an enterprise software solutions company, has launched UpgradeJinni, a data migration and customisations upgrade tool which includes features that enable easy reimplementation and consolidation of data ... More


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