The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 07, 2005

Culture is just the icing
Consumer behaviour is largely a matter of the lifecycle stage in a nation's economy at a given point in time and not, as is commonly believed, owing to culture. More

Retail: Bonanza or trap?
THE story is told by the late Mr Prakash Tandon, former Chairman of Hindustan Lever, in his memoirs of Unilever considering company-owned retail shops taking control of their retail distribution in India back in the ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

Air India re-launches scheme
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Air India has re-launched its Companion Free scheme between India, the US, Canada, the UK and Europe wherein a passenger paying up for his/her ticket can take along a companion free. An Air India official said here ... More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES

Hero Honda workshop at Ramantapur
HYDERABAD: Phoenix Motors, the Hero Honda dealership here, opened an automated additional workshop at Ramantapur. The workshop is spread over a 6,400 sq ft space, having a huge parking facility. Inaugurating the workshop here on Sunday , ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

Bangalore to host Quality Summit
THE 13th Quality Summit, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry Quality Institute, is scheduled to begin here on November 10. With the focus of the global corporations turning on China and India as the low-cost hubs for outsourcing, ... More

TRENDS

Festive season boosts sales of white goods, CTVs
THE festive season has given the domestic consumer durables industry reasons to rejoice. According to initial estimates coming in, most segments of the industry have grown by upwards of 25 per cent in the period, with October driving the bulk of ... More

Brand Quest

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