The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 19, 2006

STRATEGY
Bisleri to invest Rs 100 cr in natural water biz
As part of a brand makeover, the company would be changing its brand colour to aqua green. More

Plug into regional flavour with Yahoo
The country has 37 million Internet users, of which 25 million are estimated to be Yahoo users as on September 2006. More

Canon eyeing Rs 500-cr turnover by next year
To invest Rs 40 crore in marketing, brand-building exercise More

Abbee in pact with HPCL for cartridge refilling centres
Abbee Consumables and Peripherals Sshope (Abbee Sshope) has entered into an agreement with HPCL to use the select petrol pumps as Abbee cartridge collection and refilling centres. Mr B.B. Somani, CEO of Abbee Sshope, said that on a pilot basis, ... More

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
Castrol bike zone in Vizag, Vijayawada
Castrol bike zone was opened here on Tuesday near the Gurdwara junction and it was opened in Vijayawada on Wednesday on the Bandar Road, according to Mr Parinjay, Business head, Castrol bike zone division. The bike zone was inaugurated by Mr ... More

ADVERTISING
SEBI snips pre-issue publicity campaigns
All information outside of the offer document barred More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS
ITC young author contest
ITC Ltd's Classmate Young Author Contest 2006 has been launched in 34 cities. In addition to 15 cities, the contest will be held in 19 new cities. More than 200,000 children from 6,000 schools are expected to participate. In ... More

RETAILING
`Store a theatre of sales ...'
... where you sell products and the brands perform _ MASH CEO Anand Narasimha More

Vaghela inaugurates outlet for craftsmen
The Minister of Textiles, Mr Shankersinh Vaghela, inaugurated an exhibition-cum-marketing outlet of products developed by craftsmen of five States under the Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna (SGSY) in the Capital on Wednesday. Mr Vaghela said ... More

Wal-Mart to source goods worth $600 m
Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Wednesday announced that it is on course to source directly more than $600-million goods in 2006 from suppliers in India for the company's stores around the world. Last year, the company's Indian arm WM Global Sourcing ... More

Lee's exclusive store in Chennai
Denim-jeans manufacturer Lee opened its third exclusive store in Chennai on Wednesday. Located in Pondy Bazaar, the 2,400-sq-ft store has been set up at an investment of a little over Rs 1 crore, according to the company. Mr Darshan Mehta, ... More

BRANDS
Branded on the Web
Small brands are using the Internet cost-effectively to market their products. More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
MobiApps satellite modem
MobiApps has introduced a satellite modem for monitoring and tracking mobile assets. The m100 is an ORBCOMM satellite smart modem, which complements its existing m-Trak cellular-based vehicle tracking and logistics system. m100 ... More

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