The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 01, 2007

INSIGHT
Crossing the ‘i’s & dotting the ‘t’s!
Customer data is a valuable resource. But businesses must remember that each customer is different. More

EVENTS
Disappointing fare
The recently concluded AdAsia, held in Jeju Island of South Korea, belied expectations on most counts. More

Levers@75
Hindustan Unilever, which is celebrating its 75th year in India, is known as much for mentoring its employees as for marketing its brands. More

ADVERTISING
Publicis to acquire Hanmer & Partners
New Delhi, Oct. 31 Paris-headquartered communications group Publicis is acquiring the Indian public relations firm Hanmer & Partners. The acquisition of the 350-employee firm is subject to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board ... More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES
Great Eastern Energy joins hands with IndianOil
Great Eastern Energy Corporation Ltd (GEECL), a Y K Modi group company, on Tuesday entered into an agreement with IndianOil for marketing CNG through IOC retail outlets in Asansol-Durgapur region in Burdwan district of West Bengal. ... More

MARKET SHARES
Philips sees potential in kitchen appliances segment
New Delhi, Oct.31 Philips Electronics India on Wednesday launched its hands-free food processor, with the aim of capturing 20-25 per cent share of the domestic juicer mixer grinder market.“India is one of the fastest growing for ... More

RETAILING
Sri Krishna Sweets ties up with Spencer’s Retail
Chennai, Oct. 31 Chennai-based Sri Krishna Sweets, which has a chain of 53 outlets across the country, Dubai and the US, is joining hands with Spencer’s Retail to have a separate counter at Spencer’s Daily outlets in ... More

Spencer’s plans separate chain for consumer electronics
First outlet to be opened in Hyderabad soon More

Meet on retailing
A one-day colloquium on ‘Retailing – Opportunities, Challenges and Concerns’ was conducted by Albertian Institute of Management of St Alberts College here. Mr Eby Mathew, Chief Executive (Operations), Reliance Retail ... More

Titan Eye+ planning 250 stores
Titan Eye+, the eyewear business of Titan Industries, launched early this year, plans to set up about 250 stores across India over the next year. About 15 of these would be company-owned and the rest franchisee-owned, said Mr S. Ravi Kant, ... More

BRANDS
Celebrities worth watching
Titan seems to have hit it right with celebrity endorsements. What is clicking for the company? More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Hyundai launches i10 from India
New Delhi, Oct. 31 Hyundai Motor Company is not only looking to leverage India’s manufacturing capabilities to expand its presence in the global market and consolidate its presence in the premium compact car segment in the domestic ... More

TS Lines plans new China, India service
TS Lines, a major operator in the intra-Asia trade providing regular weekly sailings among countries such as Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam, has added to its services to and from ... More

Mobile 2.0 is here — and Indians are making IT happen
Nokia’s developer event is launch pad for desi innovation More

91.1FM launched in Vizag
Visakhapatnam, Oct 31 Radio City 91.1 FM launched its second station in Andhra Pradesh, after Hyderabad, here. The launch marked Radio City’s 12th FM station in the country. On the occasion, Ms Apurva Purohit, CEO, said that Vizag ... More

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