The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, September 23, 2006

ADAG to launch FM radio channel tomorrow
The national rollout of the Rs 400-crore FM initiative of ADAG (Anil Dhirubai Ambani Group) will begin from the National Capital on Sunday. The Big 92.7 FM channel will then be launched in Hyderabad (September 25) and in Chennai (September 27). ... More

FritoLay to bring in Quaker Oats range
FritoLay plans to bring in the entire range of Quaker Oats products, which include oat products, cereals and readymixes, after getting a feedback from consumers for the breakfast cereal. Mr Manu Anand, Managing Director, FritoLay, on a visit ... More

Post offices to sell English speaking course kit
The Department of Posts, Tamil Nadu Circle, has tied up with VETA English training academy to sell VETA's "Home Study Course" kit at all head post offices in the State from September 25. Initially about 8,500 kits, grouped in packs of six kits, ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Lifestyle, NIFT tie up to groom retailers
Lifestyle International (P) Ltd, part of the Dubai-based Landmark group, which runs a chain of retail super stores, has tied up with the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Hyderabad to groom its sales force. Given ... More

EVENTS
CII meet on marketing
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in an attempt to improve marketing skills among industrialists in the region, is organising a conference on `Marketing Conclave 2006' unfolding a close-up view of marketing practices, here on ... More

ADVERTISING
Tanishq to unleash festival promos
To lure customers into buying jewellery; banks on brisk sales to achieve growth target More

Ad Club Hyderabad members
The Advertising Club of Hyderabad has elected Mr A. Narasimhan of Lanco Group as its President for the year 2006-07 at the annual general meeting held here on Friday. Muthu Kumar of Sujana group, Rani Reddy (O&M), K. ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS
Banks vying to cash in on festive season
Housing, auto, personal loans demand increase by 20-25 pc More

Airtel offer
Airtel launched on Friday a new prepaid recharge offer on the occasion of Navarathri. The offer is open to all Airtel prepaid users in Tamil Nadu. According to Mr Mahesh Thambi, COO, Mobility, Chennai and Tamil Nadu, an Airtel prepaid customer ... More

RETAILING
More Tata Teleservices retail outlets
To invest Rs 80-100 crore More

Pharma advisory body to meet today
To discuss issues of minimum retail price inclusive of all taxes and bilingual labels for pharma industry, the Pharma Advisory Forum is meeting in the Capital on Saturday, under the Chairmanship of the Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Mr ... More

MARKETING RESEARCH
Radio not aspirational medium, says research
Radio in India is still not popular because it is not an aspirational medium. Also, it lacks relevance to the listener — older audiences think it's for youth, and youth think it's for the poor or for those who don't own a TV. And for the ... More

BRANDS
Cholayil plans to extend Cuticura brand nation-wide
Brand extensions of its Medimix ayurvedic soap also on cards More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS
Kerala HC quashes ban on Coke and Pepsi
`Power to prohibit manufacture and sale vests with Central Govt' More

Cola issue: `Kerala HC ruling unfortunate'
The Kerala High Court's verdict on Friday morning that gave a clean chit to the two cola majors, and asked them to resume sales and manufacture of their products in the State, is extremely unfortunate, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) ... More

OUTLOOK
No plans to relaunch Foster's: SABMiller
To leverage its brand value across the country More

PEOPLE
Piyush Pandey on O&M Worldwide Board
Mr Piyush Pandey, Chairman and National Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather India, has been nominated to the Ogilvy Worldwide Board. A press release quoted Mr S.N. Rane, Co-Executive Chairman & Chief Operating Officer, Ogilv More

TRENDS
Premium product
A SHOPKEEPER arranges packaged water bottles in his shop at Perumpavoor near Kochi. India is the tenth largest bottled water consumer in the world. The bottled water industry has an estimated annual turnover of Rs 1,000 crore and is one of the ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
GetitNOW services launched
Getit Infomediary Ltd has launched GetitNOW, a 24-hour tele-information service in Thiruvananthapuram. Mr K.D. Kini, Chief General Manager, Getit Infomediary Ltd, said that consumers can call the company's toll-free telephone number, 444-4444, ... More

Swiss Health unveils Dewmint
Swiss Health and Beauty Care has introduced Dewmint toothpaste with double mint flavour in the Kerala market. Dewmint is India's first and only toothpaste with double mint that has natural peppermint and spearmint. This flavour ... More

Ripple Fragrances' offering for men
Ripple Fragrances, which introduced DNA perfumes and Deos in the market, has launched two new variants for men in its portfolio - Code and Evolve. Ripple is a division of the Mysore-based NR Group - manufacturers of Cycle ... More

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