The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 19, 2006

Bad bike, boys or girls?
With competition hotting up, it is all hard-sell these days. A foreign motorbike manufacturer, deciding to live the brand, went to extreme lengths at a recent launch. To emphasise the cool, youth focus of the bike, the launch was in the pub of a ... More

TV18 plans shopping channel
Television Eighteen India Ltd (TV18) has announced that it would launch the country's first fully integrated Home Shopping Network (HSN) for the Indian market. The company has secured initial funding from SAIF Partners, a leading ... More

Seraja plans mobile alerts on city events
Plans to reach out to Net users in Delhi, Pune & Mumbai More

Nepal's CG Foods plans new unit in Uttaranchal
Bhutia to promote Wai Wai noodles More

AWARDS & HONOURS

Emerging India award for Sabare
The Karur-based home-textile exporting company, Sabare International Ltd, has won the CNBC-TV-18's `Emerging India Award' for the textile industry. This is the first ever award created for the SMEs category, the entry-eligibility ... More

ADVERTISING

O&M's Sabnavis to head Agency's new wing
Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific has appointed Mr Madhukar Sabnavis to the newly-created position of Regional Director, Thought Leadership, to develop world-class thinking on brands and communications in the Asia region. The position is the first .. More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES

Pizza Corner to focus on franchise route
Global Franchise Architects (GFA), promoters of Pizza Corner India, will now focus on franchise route while expanding its outlets in the country. "We have developed a good support system. Franchising will be the way forward for ... More

Usha in pact with Menon Pistons
Usha International Ltd (UIL), part of Siddharth Shriram group, has signed a marketing agreement with Menon Pistons Ltd, (MPL) to distribute and sell bi-wheeler Piston Assemblies and Rings in the after market under the Menon ... More

RETAILING

OMCs to set up over 3,000 outlets
The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mr Dinsha Patel, has said that state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) — Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corp, Hindustan Petroleum Corp, and IBP have planned to set ... More

VGP group to set up IT mall in Chennai
The VGP Group on Thursday signed a joint venture agreement with the Shanaya Group of Singapore to set up the VGP Digital China Square project. Under this project, an exclusive IT shopping mall retailing branded electronics goods from China, ... More

BRANDS

Nautica opens destination store in Bangalore
Planning to launch in Delhi, Chennai soon More

OUTLOOK

Berger paints to hike prices shortly
Berger Paints India Limited is to hike the prices of its solvent-based products shortly. "The jump in crude prices has pushed up the prices of our oil-based inputs such as mineral turpine, xylene and pthalic anahydride by four to five per cent ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

LIC, UTI Bank launch annuity card
LIC has tied up with UTI bank to launch a pre-paid annuity card for disbursement of pension or annuity to customers of the corporation. The card, currently for pensioners in Mumbai, would be a debit card with validity of 10 years. It would be ... More

AMD unveils energy efficient processors
AMD has unveiled energy-efficient desktop processors that would suit the consumers expectations of a smaller more elegant personal computers that deliver the same performance as larger systems. Energy efficient AMD Athlon 64 X2 ... More

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