The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, February 03, 2005

Bookmarks from 2004!
AS 2005 unfolds, one cannot help but reflect on the number of changes last year brought about and the hopes that this year holds for the media industry. While the top events in 2004 have been general elections, state elections, ... More

ADVERTISING

Clean chit to Marico's saffola ad
MARICO Industries Ltd, engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing cooking and haircare oils under various brand names, including `Saffola Gold', has got a clean chit from the Monopolies & Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC) More

DIRECT MARKETING

Uniform law needed to regulate multi-level marketing schemes
THE recent Madras High Court ruling that multi-level marketing scheme, by whatever name it is called, is illegal (The Hindu, January 26) has once again helped highlight two issues - one, the need to make the law - Prize Chits and ... More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES

Strides Arcolab supply tie-up with Aussie co Mayne to include Europe
STRIDES Arcolab Ltd on Wednesday announced that its broadened supply arrangement with Australia's Mayne Group would extend its reach to Europe too. Their December 2004 pact for six anti-infective products covered only the US market. According ... More

RETAILING

NRL launches new-look petro retail outlet
STRAINING to look out of your car window to ensure that the petrol pump attendant is filling up right can sometimes produce a crick in your neck. But not anymore if, that is, you are at Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) station. As part of its ... More

BRANDS

Focus on frontline brands pays off for Shaw Wallace
SHAW Wallace & Co (SWC) today said that its top-selling brands in the deluxe and prestige segments of the Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) market have posted strong double-digit growth following the company's move to sharpen focus on them. The . More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

The Fusion formula
THIS is Ford India's anthem (based on the popular Kishore Kumar number Hum to mohabbat karega, duniya se nahin darega) for its recent launch, Ford Fusion. As the title suggests, it claims to be able to do anything — from ... More

Alembic unveils Zero-calorie sugar substitute
FITNESS-CONSCIOUS consumers now have a new sugar substitute to reach out for. A no-calorie sugar substitute, `Zero', was launched here on Wednesday by the Gujarat-based pharma company Alembic Ltd. The product differentiates itself from the ... More