The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Tanishq embarks on retail expansion to double sales
New Delhi, Jan. 22 Tanishq, the jewellery division of the Tata group company Titan Industries Ltd, is embarking on a retail expansion with an aim to increase sales by 50 per cent to touch a turnover of Rs 3,000 crore in 2008-09. ... More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Pantaloon Retail net dips to Rs 31 cr
Pantaloon Retail has posted a 62.9 per cent increase in income from operations at Rs 1,226.75 crore (752.68 crore) for the quarter ended December 31. Net profit for the retailer has dipped from Rs 43.97 crore to Rs 31.65 crore. This was due to ... More

ADVERTISING
MAAC appoints McCann Erickson
Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC), a 3D animation & visual effects training academy offering various courses in computer graphics, animation & visual effects, has appointed McCann Erickson as its creative agency. This comes as a ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS
Microsoft Hardware’s new campaign
Microsoft Hardware, the computer gaming and peripheral arm of technology major Microsoft, announced on Tuesday launch of a campaign ‘Microsoft Lao, Haath Bachao’, across 12 cities in the country.The message was to create ... More

Microsoft Hardware’s new campaign
Microsoft Hardware, the computer gaming and peripheral arm of technology major Microsoft, announced on Tuesday the launch of a campaign ‘Microsoft Lao, Haath Bachao’, across 12 cities in the country.The message was to create ... More

RETAILING
Arvind Brands investing Rs 400 cr in Megamart stores
Chennai, Jan. 22 Arvind Brands, a division of Arvind Mills Ltd, plans to pump in Rs 400 crore to beef up its ‘value retail’ network – Megamart. Today, it opened its first large-format store — Megamart Outlet Centre. ... More

Croma expanding in the North
Croma, the consumer durable retail arm of Infinity Retail Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Tata Sons, on Tuesday announced its expansion plans for the northern market. “Having established Croma in the western markets such as in Pune, ... More

BRANDS
KB’s Fair Price to focus on own brands to build biz
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Godrej acquires South African hair brand
Mumbai, Jan. 22 Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) has signed an agreement to acquire the Kinky brand of hair business in South Africa for an undisclosed amount. With this brand, GCPL is entering the natural and artificial hair business in ... More

New corporate identity for Xerox
New Delhi, Jan 22 Xerox has unveiled a new corporate identity designed to be more ‘contemporary, open and engaging’, a company statement said here.The new Xerox logo is now a lowercase treatment of the Xerox name – in ... More

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