The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 11, 2007

STRATEGY
Whirlpool investing $20 m in product development
Whirlpool of India Ltd has lined up $20 million to be invested in product development over the next 18 months. The company, which enjoys a 25 per cent share in the refrigerator market in the country, would focus more on innovation in home ... More

Lachlan Murdoch enters India thru Percept Talent
Percept Holdings and Mr Lachlan Murdoch's Illyria Pty Ltd (Australia) have launched a 50:50 joint venture company — Percept Talent Management (PTM). The company will represent exceptional creative and technical talent in the fields of ... More

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
i-mint loyalty programme launched in Chennai
Relationships management company Loyalty Solutions and Research Ltd (LSRL) plans to take its programme `i-mint' to about 50 lakh consumers this fiscal. "We are planning to launch the programme in four cities including Jaipur, Chandigarh and Pune, ... More

RETAILING
Vegetable hawkers to appear in new avatar
Will vend fresh farm produce using portable mobile cold chain More

Royal Classic plans more outlets in South
The Tirupur-based Royal Classic Group has announced a retail expansion drive in the South. It plans to open 63 retail outlets by December, thus taking its total tally of outlets to 100. These outlets, on a franchisee model, will sell the ... More

BRANDS
Ceat embarks on brand restructuring exercise
Ogilvy & Mather appointed for the job More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Delivery of Maruti SX4 begins
The Saboo RKS, dealer of Maruti, has delivered newly launched sedan SX4 to seven customers who had booked SX4 immediately after its recent launch here. Mr M. Samuel, Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue, formally handed ... More

Indian Bank launches global debit card
The Indian Bank Global Debit MasterCard is an unembossed signature-based card. This is the bank's second debit card - the first was the Maestro card launched last year. Speaking at the launch function, Dr K.C. Chakrabarty, Chairman and ... More

Dell launching computer for Rs 10,000
Computer manufacturer Dell is in the process of launching low-cost personal computer at about $238 or Rs 10,000 across the world, including in India. ``We are testing the product. The computer would be customised according to the market and ... More

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