The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, August 29, 2006

STRATEGY
Godrej Sara Lee to launch more insecticides
Godrej Sara Lee Ltd is planning to launch about 6-7 products over the next couple of months in the insecticide category. "After launching Ambi Pur, a car perfume and Hit, we are focusing on significantly developing new products. These would be ... More

Hungama TV to hunt for `Future Leaders'
Can children aged 8-14 sit in on board meetings and have a say in what goes on in a TV channel, even if it's for them? Well, they have been doing it and the practice is all set to continue as Hungama TV has launched its annual Captains' Hunt for ... More

Dunlop tyres likely to roll in September
Production in Ambattur restarts after 8-year break More

Maldives ties up with SriLankan for tourism package
In an exclusive tie-up with SriLankan Airlines to promote the country as a favoured tourist destination, Maldiveshas announced that it would be launching a package to attract high networth Indian tourists to its picturesque island resorts. ... More

Hidesign gung-ho on overseas markets
To have 45 stores abroad in 3 years More

EVENTS
Artisan fair inaugurated
The seven-day annual artisan trade fair conducted by Canara Bank got off to a start at the ground floor premises of the Circle Office here. Dr N. Krishna Mohan, Regional Director, Reserve Bank of India, inaugurated the programme ... More

SHOPPING
T.Nagar: Shop till you drop, and then shop some more
Pavement shopping is part of the great excitement of T. Nagar; everything, from safety pins to shower curtains, is available on the sidewalks, except space to walk. More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS
Bipasha, Zayed to endorse Pantaloon brand
Pantaloons Fresh Fashion, the fashion retail format of the Future Group, has signed on Bipasha Basu and Zayed Khan as its brand ambassadors, to endorse its retail brand. In this initiative, Pantaloon Retail India Ltd has brought the two ... More

Specialists as brand ambassadors
A harried cola company is reported to be toying with the idea of engaging a scientist as its brand ambassador so as to carry credibility with its customers both actual and potential and more particularly to ... More

Hyundai rewards two Santro buyers
Hyundai Motor India on Monday awarded the grand prize winners of its `Hyundai Das Lakh Ka Chamatkar Offer.' As a part of the contest, Ms D. Anitha and Mr Nageswara Rao on behalf of Synopsis India Ltd, Hyderabad, have won a ... More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES
SFP launches products in Madurai
Company targets Rs 100 crore turnover by 2010 More

MARKET SHARES
Top players in the M&A game for 2005
Kotak Mahindra Capital Company, Ernst & Young (E&Y) and Morgan Stanley are in the first three slots of the `M&A financial advisory league table' for the year 2005, according to Bloomberg. Of the total volume of $20 billion in 568 `India . More

BRANDS
McCann Healthcare to launch CMG brand in India
To focus on cardiology and childhood nutrition areas More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Asian MotorWorks launches 2 HCV models
`Would be present in the entire range of commercial vehicles over time' More

Playboy undergarment range launched in Chennai
Mr Karthikeyan, Executive Director, Emperor Textiles, the company that is manufacturing the underwear, said Sri S. R. Mills is the official underwear licensee of Playboy in India. The branded underwear market in India was worth Rs 1,200 crore, ... More

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