The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Realty developers plan ad blitz — To double spend this fiscal
FUELLED by hectic pace of activity and a swelling project portfolio, real estate developers, including DLF, Parsvnath and Vatika, plan to almost double their advertising budget for the current fiscal. In 2004, the sector emerged as the fourth ... More

RETAILING

Amul mulls setting up 10,000 parlours — May sell fresh, frozen vegetables
AMUL is planning big on retail. The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation- (GCMMF) owned brand is actively considering retailing fresh and frozen vegetables, fruits and fruit products to make optimum use of an extensive distribution ... More

BRANDS

Balrampur Chini exits branded sugar biz
INDIA'S biggest sugar producer, Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd, has withdrawn from the branded sugar sector after failing to generate much enthusiasm among the consumers. The company introduced its branded product under the Balrampur Chini (Pyaar, ... More

Kopran assigns 3 brands, inhaler design to Merck
KOPRAN Ltd has entered into an alliance with Merck Specialities Pvt Ltd. It has assigned its brands Vent, Tini and Bid's range of products and inhaler design to Merck. Vent is an anti-asthmatic product, Tini is for gastrointestinal problems ... More

PEOPLE

Mudra appoints Kalpana Bansal as LLC head
MUDRA has appointed Ms Kalpana Bansal as Executive Vice-President and Head of Leadership, Learning and Change (LLC). LLC is Mudra's HR response to the need to identify, nurture and grow talent and was set up two years back when Mr Madhukar ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Kinetic unveils Italijet
THE much-awaited Italijet scooters from the Pune-based Kinetic Engineering Ltd (KEL), was unveiled at the company showroom in Pune on Tuesday by Mr Arun Firodia, Chairman, Kinetic Group. Talking to newspersons, Ms Sulajja Firodia Motwani, Joint ... More

Sogo launches vitrified tiles in Kerala
SOGO Ceramic Pvt Ltd, promoted by the Samay Group, has launched its newly introduced vitrified tile brand called Sogo in the Kerala market. The company is targeting Kerala market in a big way, since the State is an emerging market in the ... More

Titan re-launches Fastrack watches
TITAN Industries Ltd today re-launched its Fastrack brand of watches reflecting the look and attitude of today's youth, the core customers of the brand. The Fastrack range is priced between Rs 500 and Rs 2,000. The new commercial - to be ... More

New Motorola handsets
COIMBATORE: Motorola unveiled three new mobile devices - the Motorola SLVR V6, PEBL V6 and Black RAZR V3 - during the CommunicAsia 2005 expo in Singapore last week. These products were created for the image-conscious user, who ... More

Mobile Hutch shop launched
HUTCH, which has a market share of 19 per cent and over four lakh subscribers in Andhra Pradesh, is striving to improve service and reach out to rural areas, according to Mr Hamir Bakshi, Chief Operating Officer, AP circle. He was speaking at a ... More

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