The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, September 01, 2007

NEW BUSINESS
Sobha Group wins Rs 10-cr order
Bangalore, Aug. 31 The Sobha Group has won a Rs 10-crore order for its lifestyle products — Sobha Restoplus (spring mattresses) and furniture that it manufactures — from Roots Corporation’s Ginger Hotels for its upcoming ... More

STRATEGY
Titan’s new viral marketing initiative involves employees
Titan Industries has announced a new viral marketing initiative — Titan’s Day Out — involving its employees. On September 1, the ‘Titan viral marketing brigade’ consisting of Titan employees across eight ... More

Gazeley plans India foray thru partnership route
Move follows parent Wal-Mart’s formal entry More

BUSINESS MODELS
Dominoes focus on dine-in model
Dominoes India, the pizza chain, plans to focus its energies on setting up more dine-in model restaurants in the country. “Based on consumer insight, we realised the importance of having a dine-in model. So, our strategy for the next four ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS
Maruti clamps down on extra discounts
New Delhi, Aug. 31 Customers may be making merry with the cut-throat competition among dealers to offer them higher discounts, but it is certainly not making car manufacturers smile. Maruti Udyog Ltd, for one, has penalised dealers in ... More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES
Godfrey, Villiger tie up to distribute cigars
Indian co has a 65% market share More

City gas distribution: ‘Regulatory uncertainties need to be sorted out’
Chennai, Aug 31 What can speed up investments in city gas distribution (CGD)? A fast-track removal of the many regulatory uncertainties, says a recent survey conducted by Crisil.“The new regulations must facilitate the entry of ... More

RETAILING
HCL’s Chennai digital lifestyle store
HCL Infosystems today inaugurated the HCL DIGILIFE store in the city. This is the company’s 40th store across the country and fourth in Tamil Nadu. HCL plans to take the chain to 100 by the end of the calendar year. Of the 40 stores, 5 are ... More

MARKETING RESEARCH
‘New players may enter mobile phone market’
Mature component supply base key for manufacturing: Gartner More

BRANDS
Kamal Nath stresses need for home grown textile brand
New Delhi, Aug 31 The Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Kamal Nath today stressed the need for home grown brand to face the challenges in the international textile market. While inaugurating the two-day Tex Summit 2007 in the Capital, ... More

Enfield brand store in Kochi
Kochi Aug. 31 In its latest addition, Royal Enfield Motors has added Cochin as its tenth brand store in the country. Conceptualised and created to provide the customers with a functional ‘on-road’ biking experience, the brand ... More

OUTLOOK
Reliance Mart bets on value, private labels to drive sales
Apparel being positioned as a big differentiator More

Samsung to expand R&D facilities in India
New Delhi, Aug. 31 Korean consumer electronic giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Friday announced the expansion of its Research and Development (R&D) centres in India, China and Poland.Samsung’s existing R&D centres in ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
MTNL launches Net telephony
Mumbai, Aug. 31 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd launched of Netfone, its Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP), in Mumbai. This facility that allows the company’s broadband customers to make VoIP calls through an instrument that can ... More

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