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IPR: SC appoints new technical member for Glivec case
Mumbai, Oct. 1 All decks seem to have been finally cleared for the review of the rejection of Novartis’ patent on its cancer drug Glivec. The Supreme Court has appointed Dr P.C. Chakraborty, of the Patent Office in Kolkata, as ...

TRENDS: Car sales remain dull on high rates, tight finance
Two-wheelers gain momentum. New Delhi, Oct. 1 Auto sales during September remained drab with most customers refraining from purchases due to the Shradh period as well as high interest rates and tight ...

INSIGHT: Looks can sell
Arriving at packaging that combines style and functionality is today’s marketers’ challenge.. Sleek. Nifty. Stylish. Spiffy. Practical too. In a day and age when looks rule as much as substance, packaging is having its moment in the ...

ONLINE MARKETING: Online matrimonial services open new tech fronts
‘Engage’ mobile, DTH providers to extend reach. Chennai, Oct. 1 Playing Cupid is getting more hi-tech, with online matrimonial enterprises Shaadi.com and Bharat Matrimony each tying up with DTH and mobile services providers in the ...

VENTURE CAPITAL: iLabs’ Rs 100 cr investment to fund UniverCell’s expansion
Mobile phone retail chain ties up with Oriental Insurance to offer theft, damage cover. Chennai, Oct. 1 iLabs Venture Capital has invested Rs 100 crore in the Chennai-headquartered UniverCell Telecommunications India Pvt Ltd, that owns the ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: SAB unveils new brand campaign
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PEOPLE: Bharat Patel new chairman of ISA
The Chairman of Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Ltd, Mr Bharat Patel, has been elected Chairman of the Indian Society of Advertisers (ISA) at the ISA’s Annual General Meeting held recently here. Mr Patel informed the members ...

BRANDS: Adidas unveils Originals collection in Bangalore
International sports brand Adidas, which changed its logo in the early 90s for all its sports performance products, has brought back the days of Muhammad Ali and Bob Marley with its Adidas Originals ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Samsung’s multi-media Innova8 unveiled
Bangalore, Oct. 1 Samsung Mobile unveiled its mobile phone entertainer, Samsung Innova8, in the Indian market on ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Key to win a Mahindra car
Hyderabad, Oct. 1 ‘Chaabi mein gaadi’, a promotional offer from automotive major Mahindra & Mahindra, gives over 8 lakh potential customers an opportunity to win a car from ...

EVENTS: Mr Ramesh Viswanathan, Executive Director, CavinKare; Meenakshi Sundararajan School of Management, Chennai
Chennai, Oct. 1 The challenges of marketing FMCG products are many, but it’s the constant novelty that these challenges throw up that also makes it exciting, said Mr Ramesh Viswanathan, Executive Director, ...

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PACKAGING: Looks can sell
Arriving at packaging that combines style and functionality is today’s marketers’ challenge.. Sleek. Nifty. Stylish. Spiffy. Practical too. In a day and age when looks rule as much as substance, packaging is having its moment in the ...

STRATEGY: A phone of many parts
Nokia pulls out all the stops to promote its latest phone, the N96, touted as the iPhone killer.. It’s touted as the iPhone killer. It’s feature-rich and the firsts it claims for itself are many: As much as 24GB memory space, a ...

BRANDING: Perceived risk and branding
How can marketers inspire confidence when they launch new products?. Emerging markets such as India are unique. Unorganised markets in several categories, low penetration of products and a huge mass of consumers in the lower social strata ...

BRANDS: Revisiting Prof Levitt
How valid today are the views expressed in Prof Theodore Levitt’s classic article, The Globalization of Markets?. Given what is everywhere the purpose of commerce, the global company will shape the vectors of technology and globalisation ...

INTERVIEW: Marketing magnified
Every marketing action targeted at a customer is linked to that customer’s profit contribution.. “With the advent of customer-level strategies, every marketing action targeted towards a customer is linked to that customer’s ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Tex-tiles
H & R Johnson has launched, Hilighter Textile, a collection of tiles for walls inspired by the traditional textile designs of Indian mythology and culture. The tiles come in two sizes and designs of Gher and ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: More hues
Pergo has introduced 26 new colours adding to its existing sub- brands. The company has introduced three new colours in its Pergo Uniq range, the Original range will now be available in eight new colours, Sense will sport seven new ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Gift collection
Luxor has unveiled a gift collection, Luxor Expression Range, for this festive season. The range includes pens, key holders, multi-utility swiss knife, a notebook, chrome matt-finish calendar, cardholder, leather wallet with several pockets ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: All that jazz
LG Electronics has launched Jazz , a high-definition LCD television, LG 80, model in India. This TV comes with auto sliding speakers, 500w sound, built-in 3.1-channel virtual surround sound and in-built woofers. The 32-inch model is ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Home MTVishtyle
MTV in partnership with Portico New York has launched a collection of trendy home furnishings. This collection of bed sheets and comforters is priced between Rs 999 and ...

BOOKS: Men, the elusive consumers bookmark
Men take a SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) approach to shopping, says Mark Tungate in Branded Male: Marketing to Men ( www.vivagroupindia.com). “Get in, do the job, and ...






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