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TRENDS: Smoking ban spurs firms on to diet versions, candies
ITC may not feel the impact of drop in cigarette sales. Mumbai, Oct. 3 From diet cigarettes to mouth fresheners, cigarette manufacturers such as GTC Industries Ltd and Godfrey Philips are venturing into new products, anticipating a dip in sales ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Nokia makes music downloads free
Buyers of select handsets can access unlimited songs for one year. London, Oct. 3 Like a tail wagging the dog, the world’s number one maker of mobile phones, overwhelmed the global unveiling of its first smart touch phone, with an ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Hindustan Motors to launch new commercial vehicle
Unveils SUV Outlander; plans new variants of its sedan. New Delhi, Oct. 3 To revive declining sales Hindustan Motors is planning to launch new variants of its sedan in the coming months, even as it unveiled Mitsubishi Corporation’s sports ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Samsung ropes in Bindra as brand ambassador
New Delhi, Oct. 3 Korean digital technology major Samsung India is gearing up for the festival season with a slew of new ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Exchange your old flat for new villa
In today’s crowded real estate market where the customer is flooded with too much of a supply, and money is not an issue, developers bogged down by dampened demand are thinking out of the box to strike the best deal. ...

BRANDS: LG preferred brand in white goods category: Study
Chennai, Oct. 3 LG has emerged as the most preferred brand in the white goods and consumer electronics categories in the recent CNBC Awaaz Consumer Awards 2008 survey, with 23 per cent and 21 per cent voting for it, respectively, followed ...

ADVERTISING: Sachin in new TV ad for Royal Bank of Scotland
Chennai, Oct. 3 Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), which has appointed Sachin Tendulkar as its brand ambassador, has used the cricketer in a non-sporting milieu. The TV commercial, due to break on October 9, shows Tendulkar being fitted for a suit, ...

BRANDS: Award for Doha Bank
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From Brand Line

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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