MARKETING
STRATEGY
HLL withdraws Vaseline talc
AFTER shelving its plans to launch a Fair & Lovely talcum powder, HLL has decided to withdraw its Vaseline talcum powder from the market. Unlike Fair & Lovely talcum powder, which was used more as a test launch in Andhra Pradesh, Vaseline tal
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CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES
Karnataka Bank plans to vend mutual funds
KARNATAKA Bank, the Mangalore-based private sector bank, is planning to become a `supermarket of financial services' in the next couple of years. Having already taken up non-fund based businesses such as selling insurance products and ...
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MARKET SHARES
TVS-E has 45 pc of printer pie
TVS Electronics Ltd has achieved a 45 per cent market share in the dot matrix printer (DMP) segment for the quarter ended December 2003. Based on a report by Gartner, a global research firm, TVS-E had a 10 per cent absolute increase in market ...
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BRANDS
Brand Sehwag gets a triple boost
VIRENDRA Sehwag's triple ton on Monday may or may not take the Indian team to a Test win in Pakistan, but it has certainly helped boost the value of Brand Sehwag. The sports company handling the `Butcher of Najafgarh's' commercial endorsements, ...
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TRENDS
Beer prices to head north as bottle costs hit record high
THE impact of recycled bottle price reigning at record high is beginning to tell on the retail price of beer during this summer. Karnataka, one among the key guzzlers in the country, is expected to see beer retail price move up by roughly Rs 3 ...
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Pesticides sector calls for crackdown on fakes — Demands amendments in Insecticides Act
The counterfeit business has mainly affected multinationals, which mostly market low volume, high value insecticides.
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NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
LG India targets Rs 7,000-cr sales this fiscal
AFTER consolidating its position in the domestic market, the Korean white goods major LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd (LGEIL) is eyeing exports worth $70 million this fiscal, up from $40 million that it clocked in 2003. Commenting on whether the ...
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AirTel launches pre-paid start up pack for Rs 99 in Chennai
AIRTEL has launched a pre-paid start up pack priced at Rs 99. The new pack comes with zero daily rentals and there is no monthly fee. In addition, the Rs 99 pack allows customers make outgoing calls to mobile phones within Chennai for 99-paise ...
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