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CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES: Bisleri to register Maaza brand in eastern Europe
Plans launch through franchisee route. Bisleri International has decided to register the mango drink brand — Maaza — in eastern European countries, and launch the brand through a franchisee ...

MARKETING RESEARCH: Notebooks, servers record robust growth: MAIT
Desktop sales sluggish in first quarter. New Delhi, Sept. 15 Personal computer sales, including desktops and notebooks, have crossed 2 million units during April-June quarter this fiscal, registering a growth of 70 per cent over the same period ...

ADVERTISING: JWT’s creative chief quitting
JWT’s Chief Creative Officer, Mr Agnello Dias, is “leaving the agency to pursue personal interests”. The agency made the announcement on Monday, stating that Mr Dias would continue to be at JWT until January 2009, and that it ...

BRANDS: Raymond launches ColorPlus brand of kidswear
‘Hopes to become Rs 300-cr brand by second-half of 2010’. Ahmedabad, Sept. 15 Raymond Group company ColorPlus will become a Rs 300-crore brand by the second half of 2010, Mr Ashesh Amin of Raymond Ltd, told Business Line at the ...

STRATEGY: Rosebys to start rollout of India stores in Oct
Bangalore, Sept. 15 UK-based home interior retailer Rosebys, London, will roll out its stores in Punjab and West Bengal in the first week of October, followed by Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in the next four ...

STRATEGY: HummingBird offers cost-effective stay solution for corporates
Bangalore, Sept. 15 With the economic slowdown forcing corporates to take a hard look at their expenditure and explore ways to cut costs, especially those relating to travel and accommodation, here’s a company that hopes to create ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Dish TV offers new Rs 100 pack
New Delhi, Sept. 15 Existing DTH players are making sure their share of the subscriber pie will not shrink with the entry of new players such as Reliance ADAG’s Big ...

STRATEGY: Sabari Inn acquires resort in Kodaikanal
Chennai, Sept. 15 Sabari Inn Pvt Ltd has acquired a 40-room resort on a one-acre plot at ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Atom Tech ties up with BPO firm
Mumbai, Sept. 15 Atom Technologies, the digital retail unit of the city based Financial Technologies Group, and BPO firm Plat 5 have joined hands for offering loyalty programmes to the credit card holders of various ...

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES: Tata car showroom opened
Siva Sankar Motors, a local automobile dealer, has tied up with Tata Motors and opened a showroom here in the industrial estate. The showroom was inaugurated by the Mayor, Mr P. Janardhana Rao. Mr M.S.S. Prasad, founder of Siva Sankar Group, said ...

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RETAILING: Up to the Marks
After being operated on a franchise model, Marks & Spencer begins its stint as a joint venture with Reliance.. Mark Ashman, the new CEO of Marks & Spencer Reliance India, carries the same name as the company he has been serving for the ...

ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Helping small businesses grow
GreenMango attempts to level the playing field for poor entrepreneurs to compete with local businesses.. As a young girl growing up in the Philippines, Yasmina McCarty would buy and eat a lot of green mangoes from a vendor named Malou. “She ...

BRANDS: Sale is king!
Sales are a test of a brand’s mettle. Read on to discover how.. An unlikely hero, Akshay Kumar’s film Singh is Kinng has broken all box office records in India and abroad. I am no expert on Bollywood or the Hindi ...

ADVERTISING: A colossal endeavour
Emami Group’s most expensive ad campaign reflects the juggernaut of daily life.. hakka duniya ka ghoome sadhu sant bole, saare bole — aadmi machine bana haule haule (The wheel of life keeps rotating, so say the ...

BRANDING: Stretching the ‘rubber brand’
Marketers need to be selective while extending the existing brand equity to different products and services.. The mention of a brand name almost always evokes images that have long since been associated with it. For example, Lux with ...

ADVERTISING: String advertising
Marketers run series of advertisements built around a common theme to keep consumers engaged.. If you are to identify one big trend in modern Indian advertising as of today, what is ...

ADVERTISING: IAA flags of public service
The India Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) is really moving. We reported some time ago that it is gearing up to launch a truly national public service effort along with TERI (headed by Dr. R. K. Pachauri). The effort ...

BOOKS: Lessons in radical contradictions bookmark
Some 400 demonstration models made available for journalists compared to the usual 30, advertisements in 37 national and sports daily newspapers, 311 television spots, 600 radio spots, 4,300 billboards, and Web site banners. This was how, in ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Air care
Henkel India Ltd has launched its latest range of air fresheners for both cars and homes. Room fresheners are available in two forms – aerosol sprays (five fragrances) and gel-based air fresheners (four fragrances), priced at Rs 100 ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Health therapy
Ayush, the health and wellness brand of Hindustan Unilever, has launched Rakshak Rasayana, which contains natural nutrients such as amla, carrot, spinach, apple and orange that are important sources of antioxidants and ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Master aid
Regenix Drugs has unveiled a new and an-all-inclusive range of nine first aid kits called the EMER-AID Master Kit. Priced at Rs 500, the kit includes a medium injury care kit, stop bleeding kit, burn care kit, eye care kit, gauze dressing ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Strong pearl
Emami has launched Pudina Strong, a consumer healthcare product which to relieve stomach ache and other indigestion problems. Priced at Rs.10 per strip of 10 pearls, Pudina Strong will be available in ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Fruit touch
CavinKare has launched new Chik Satin shampoo with fruit extracts and active conditioners. Available in three premium variants of papaya, strawberry, green apple in pack sizes of 400 ml, 200 ml, 100 ml, 40 ml, 25 ml and 7 ml sachets, they ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Silk and smooth
Oriflame has launched a new range of products including body lotion, roll-on deodorant, ladies’ razors and blades, shaving gel and an after depilation soothing lotion. These products are priced at Rs 449, Rs 159, Rs 349 and Rs 298, Rs ...






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