The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, March 02, 2006

HBO to air Moving Picture's new film
Moving Picture Company India Ltd has announced that its co-production documentary film, The Journalist And The Jihadi: The Murder of Daniel Pearl would debut on HBO Network later this year. The film will be premiered at ... More

STRATEGY

Selling life
There are images to tug at your heartstrings — babies with soft, wispy hair clinging to their fathers, children zipping around on cycles gifted by retired grandparents, wives with bright red sindoor and the ... More

Baleno price cut by Rs 8,000
Maruti Udyog Ltd has cut the price of its premium car Baleno by Rs 8,000 after custom duties were brought down in the Union Budget. With this, the ex-showroom price (Delhi) of Baleno LXi comes down from Rs 5,83,173 to Rs 5,75,173 and that of ... More

Airtel launches Re 1 STD plans
Airtel on Wednesday launched a suite of Re 1 plans for its post-paid as well as pre-paid mobile customers. For its post-paid customers, Airtel has introduced two new plans — India Home and India Roam. The India Home plan offers Airtel to ... More

INSIGHT

Of chocolate soap and pink coffee
"There is nothing sacrosanct in branding." More

ADVERTISING

A service of value
"This service will cut transaction time and increase product placements." More

Maxus bags Tata Sky account
Tata Sky Ltd, the joint venture between the TATA Group and STAR, has selected Maxus to handle its media buying business. The account size is estimated at over Rs 50 crore. Maxus will handle TV, print, cinema, radio and other mass ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

Moving ahead
NEW FACE OF MIRINDA Actress Asin with Mr Pratik Pota, Director (Marketing), Pepsi Foods, at a press conference in Chennai on Wednesday. The Tamil film actress has been appointed as the brand ambassador for Mirinda in the southern States. As part ... More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES

Citizen to expand distribution network
ENCOURAGED by the high double digit growth it is seeing in the Indian market, Citizen Watches is planning to expand its distribution network and increase its investments in marketing in India. According to Mr Hideaki Nakazaki, Managing ... More

RETAILING

`FDI in retail welcome with safeguards'
Foreign direct investment in Indian retail trade is welcome, but with sufficient safeguards to protect the interests of the smaller retailers, the farmers and the consumers. This was the opinion of the majority of the speakers at a seminar on ... More

BRANDS

Bombay Dyeing to revive shirt brand Vivaldi
Revival of suiting and shirting range is on the cards too More

PEOPLE

Raghu Pillai to join Reliance's retail venture
Team Reliance is growing. After Rajeev Karwal, it's Raghu Pillai, CEO, Home Solutions, Pantaloon, who's all set to join the top management at Reliance as President and Chief Executive, Retail Operations and Strategy. Reliance recently roped in ... More

TRENDS

TVS Feb sales up 18 per cent
TVS Motor Company posted a growth of 16 per cent in motorcycles, selling 66,391 units in February. "With the launch of TVS Apache, TVS expects to close this year with a growth of 18 per cent in motorcycle sales and the highest volumes ever ... More

Maruti sales down 5.8 pc
Maruti Udyog has reported a 5.8 per cent decrease in total sales in February at 41,095 units, as compared to 43,603 units in same month last year. The domestic sales for the month declined 8.1 per cent at 36,608 units versus39,826 unitsin ... More

Hero Honda sales rise 12 pc
NEW DELHI: Hero Honda on Wednesday reported a 12.14-per cent rise in sales during February as compared with the same month last year. The company clocked sales of 2,50,695 units (2,23,546 units) in February. ... More

GM India Feb sales up 3.6 pc
General Motors India on Wednesday reported a 3.6 per cent increase in sales during February this year compared with the same month a year ago. The company sold 1,709 units in February 2006 (1,650 units). "The sales of the Chevrolet Tavera ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Philips develops `efficient' stove
Philips Research has developed a woodstove that uses conventional energy efficiently to reduce smoke and toxic emissions, which causes about 1.6 million deaths a year. About 300 million families in the world's poorest regions could benefit from ... More

Tata Motors unveils Cliffrider at Geneva show
New vehicle offers multiple usages, multiple-terrain capabilities More

MS multi-language software launched
Software major Microsoft on Wednesday launched multi-language `Windows XP Starter Edition for India' with English and local language computing interface, as part of its efforts to make computers more affordable, relevant and broadly available to ... More

Hutch offers uniform STD rate
Hutch has announced a uniform national long distance rate of Re 1 per minute for both its post paid and prepaid customers. The tariff if applicable to calls made to any phone in the country and is ... More

Brand Quest

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