The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, December 20, 2006

ITC to open 54 Choupal Fresh outlets in 3 years
ITC Ltd on Tuesday said that it planned to expand its fruits and vegetable retail and wholesale business — Choupal Fresh — by opening 54 new outlets over the next three years. "We will set up 54 Choupal Fresh outlets in the coming ... More

ICICI Bank's free ATM usage facility
ICICI Bank's savings account customers can use any bank's ATM free of charge, giving access to over 18,000 ATMs. "To avail oneself of the free usage facility, the customer has to maintain a quarterly average balance of Rs ... More

Zapak to set up gaming café chain
Zapak Digital Entertainment Ltd, the online gaming company from Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, will invest $100 million (Rs 447.6 crore) over three years to cash in on the gaming boom in the country. The investment will be made to not ... More

ADVERTISING
O&M ties up with Marka for Bangladesh foray
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide and Marka have signed an agreement to establish a full-service brand communications and advertising agency in Bangladesh. O&M will own majority stake in the new agency, which will operate under the name Ogilvy & More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS
Kerala school bags TCS IT Wiz trophy
Kerala's Pallikoodam School was declared the national champion of TCS IT Wiz 2006, in which over 8,000 students from 535 schools from eight cities across the country participated. Mikhail Jacob and Joseph Sebastian from Pallikoodam School ... More

MARKET SHARES
Public sector banks losing market share to pvt peers
Share of deposits drops to 74 pc in 5 years More

RETAILING
Bharti-Wal-Mart suppliers may turn exporters
Suppliers to the Bharti-Wal-Mart retail stores in the country will eventually be tapped for Wal-Mart stores across the globe. "We would like to leverage our global scale to transform these suppliers into exporters with access to our global ... More

Manthan ties up with Teradata
Manthan Systems and Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation, have announced a global partnership to serve the retail industry. The two firms will deliver an "install-and-use" data warehousing and business intelligence platform ... More

Tata Motors showroom
Tata Motors has announced the opening of its second passenger car showroom in the city. Announcing this, Mr S. Krishnan, Vice-President (Commercial), Passenger Car Business Unit, Tata Motors, said the outlet of Kulathunkal Motors ... More

MARKETING RESEARCH
Dip in new owners' `delight' with vehicles: JD PowerStudy
Ford Fiesta, Honda Civic, Maruti Esteem lead segments More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Pre-paid movie card from Sathyam
Sathyam Cinemas has launched Fuel, claimed to be India's first-ever pre-paid movie card. Moviegoers can use it to pay for tickets and snacks online and inside the Sathyam multiplex. At the launch of the card, Mr Tan Ngaronga, ... More

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