The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, September 29, 2005

LG India plans Rs 900-cr investment
LG Electronics India (P) Ltd (LGEIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of LG Electronics, plans to invest Rs 900 crore at its Ranjangaon (Pune) plant cumulatively by 2008. The plant, which has been operational since October last year, will have ... More

Hutch offers full talk-time, low cost recharge cards
CELLULAR service provider Hutch today announced recharge coupons for its pre-paid card users for Rs 10 with talk-time worth the full amount. The coupon called Chota Recharge-Puri Baat ranges from Rs 10 to Rs 198 and offers talk-time ... More

Berger Paints bid to tap top-end market
GEARING up for the festive season, paints major Berger Paints India Ltd (BPIL) has effected a re-branding exercise with a new logo, aiming to tap the top end of the Rs 8,000-crore paints market in India. The Kolkata-based company has also said ... More

Zee, Malaysia's Astro team up to launch customised Hindi channel
ZEE Network has announced a collaboration with the Malaysian multi-channel pay-TV operator, Astro, to launch a new dedicated channel with Hindi content, for its Indonesian, Malaysian and Brunei Direct-To-Home service. With this partnership, ... More

INSIGHT

FDI in retail — A question of jobs, not ownership
The most important argument against modern retailing and supply chain integration is that it displaces labour in a labour-surplus society. More

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

Tata Indicom launches new service in Mangalore
TATA Indicom launched its second `True Value Hub' and a mobile showroom - `Service on the move' — in Mangalore on Wednesday. Inaugurating these facilities, Mr Prabhat Pani, Chief Operating Officer of Tata Teleservices (Karnataka and ... More

EVENTS

India Fashion Week to be conducted twice from next year
STARTING from next year, India Fashion Week (IFW) will be organised two times in a year, with the Fall-Winter event to be held in March-April and the Spring-Summer event to be held in September-October each year. Not only that, the Fashion ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

Thums Up launches `pure gold scheme' in AP
HYDERABAD: Coca-Cola India will launch a 45-day campaign to promote the Thums Up brand, offering gold coins and other prizes. The `24-Carat Swachamaina Bangaram (Pure Gold)' scheme will begin on October 1 and close on November 15. ... More

RETAILING

BPCL plans to invest Rs 450 cr on retail outlets
BHARAT Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) proposes to invest Rs 450 crore this year on expanding its network of retail outlets. By the year-end, the company will have close to 7,000 retail outlets, Mr S. Krishnamurthi, Executive Director ... More

Organised retail to grow faster than GDP, says KPMG

Number of department stores is estimated to grow at 24%.

150 new shopping malls likely by 2008.

Food and beverages segment is an emerging growth area.

Gems and jewellery too has significant potential. More

Bollywood fashion store planned in Dubai
BOLLYWOOD is all set to cross the shores and move to West Asia — Dubai — with the launch of the fashion floor on October 2, retailing over 20 of the country's finest designers. It is an exclusive style lounge, retailing Bollywood's ... More

Tesco software to reduce cash counter queues
TESCO Hindustan Service Centre (HSC), the global services arm of international retail major, Tesco, is all set to launch a series of high-end back-office solutions to step up the efficiency of its parent company. Among the recent rollouts are ... More

MARKETING RESEARCH

Robust demand for used PCs: Gartner
Gartner analysts estimate 36 per cent of secondary PCs or 55 million PCs, were dedicated to re-use. More

PEOPLE

Made in India, for the world
Indian talent is increasingly being employed in advertising made for non-Indian markets, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. More

Tony Hanmer joins Law & Kenneth Worldwide
MR TONY Hanmer, former Worldwide Board member and Senior Vice-President - Asia-Pacific, McCann Erickson, has joined the board of Law & Kenneth Worldwide. In a press release, Mr Praveen Kenneth, Co-Chairman and Managing Director of Law & ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Ford's Fiesta to be launched in November
FORD India has decided to import a well-established brand name from the Ford stable - Fiesta - for the premium, mid-sized sedan that it will launch in November. The Fiesta - essentially a hatchback - was launched by Ford Motor ... More

Brand Quest

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