The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 18, 2003

`Innovation vital in mobile phone marketing'
WITH the increasing penetration of mobile telephones, marketers are able to easily reach a focused and attractive target group. However, they will have to innovate constantly to ensure user participation and efficacy, according to industry ... More

Dhanalakshmi Bank to market UI products
THE Thrissur-based Dhanalakshmi Bank has tied up with United India Insurance Company, in order to market insurance products through all the bank's branches. The bank had a network of 160 branches and a total business turnover of Rs 3,000 ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

British Airways launches new holiday packages
BRITISH Airways (BA), in association with Greaves Travel, UK, has announced the launch of a `British Airways Holidays India' brochure. British Airways Holidays has now added packages in India for the British tourists. Greaves Travel, UK, which ... More

Airtel's new talk offer in Karnataka
BANGALORE: In yet another offer to increase the usage of the mobile phone, Airtel today announced a scheme under which its customers could talk to 1.2 million GSM mobile subscribers of different service providers in the State for unlimited ... More

MARKET SHARES

Ford `Endeavour' eyes 25 pc of SUV market
STARTING with a production of 150 Endeavour units per month, Ford India is hoping to garner a 25 per cent share of the SUV market within the first year of launch. Talking to presspersons, Mr Vinay Piparsania, Vice-President (External Affairs), ... More

RETAILING

NCR in talks with oil PSUs for automating retail outlets
THE US-based $5.58-billion IT major NCR Corporation is in talks with Indian public sector oil companies for automating their retail outlets. NCR is in discussions with Indian Oil Corporation, IBP, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum for ... More

ANC looks for global tie-ups in retail design
THE creative brand consultancy, Alok Nanda and Company (ANC), is looking out for tie-ups with international companies in the area of retail design. Speaking to Business Line, Mr Alok Nanda, promoter, ANC, said: "We have been approached ... More

Retailers shower freebies this festive season
IT'S raining freebies. If you're lucky, then shopping for clothes, footwear, bags, or household and kitchen accessories this season could fetch you free air-conditioners, cars, diamond jewellery, luxury cruises, or even a bumper prize of Rs 15 ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Bharat Bio launches recombinant streptokinase
BHARAT Biotech International Ltd (BBIL), the city-based bio pharmaceutical company, has announced the launch of recombinant streptokinase, the first line therapy for myocardial infarction (heart attack), making it the country's first and world's ... More

Tata Indicom unveils Kyocera colour mobiles
TATA Indicom, basic services and limited mobility operator, has now announced the launch of two colour handsets, with 4000-colour screen and polyphonic ringtones and flashlights from Kyocera, available for an upfront payment of Rs 999 on the ... More

IFB unveils new front-loading washing machine
IFB Industries Ltd has launched "Elena" front-loading washing machine which the company claims will consume 200 per cent less water and 100 per cent less power and detergent than a top-loading washing machine. According to the company's ... More

Agro Tech Foods enters ready-to-eat segment
AGRO Tech Foods Ltd (ATFL), a subsidiary of global food major, ConAgra, has entered the ready-to-eat-food segment by launching corn chips and potato puffs in Pune this week. Hitherto, AFTL has been confined to the business of ready-to-cook ... More

New Hitachi storage system
MUMBAI: Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., has introduced the Hitachi Thunder 9580V(tm), a modular storage system. According to a company statement, the Thunder 9580V extends the application ... More

Wiper blades from Bosch
The blades are made with special rubber formulations, which, the company claims, are best suited to the tropical conditions prevailing in the country. The rubber has a natural tendency to fill the minute discontinuities inside the wiper rubber, ... More

Brand Quest

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