Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio | Blogs

News
Features
Stocks
Cross Currency
Shipping
Archives
Google

Subscription

Group Sites

MARKETING

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Tata Sky unveils personal video recorder service
Mumbai, Oct. 14 DTH service provider Tata Sky has announced the launch of its PVR service. Branded Tata Sky + (Tata Sky Plus), the personal video recorder (PVR) service implies that users need no longer worry about missing the programme of ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Virgin Mobile cuts STD rates
Virgin Mobile, the youth focussed mobile services brand from Tata Teleservices, on Tuesday slashed STD rates for its pre-paid subscribers by 50 per cent to 50 paise a minute. The offer will allow Virgin Mobile’s customers to make STD and ...

ADVERTISING: TBWA appointment
TBWA has appointed Mr Ambareesh Chakraborty to head creative functions of the agency’s Mumbai and Pune offices. Mr Chakraborty, in his more than twelve-year-long career, has worked with Ogilvy & Mather and OgilvyOne. “ I am ...

STRATEGY: NDTV Lumière offers world movies on a platter
On lookout for pacts with DTH players. New Delhi, Oct. 14 NDTV Lumière, the distribution platform for world movies, has launched its new 24-hours ...

STRATEGY: Canon Print City project launched
Kochi, Oct. 14 Canon India Pvt Ltd reinforces its focus on regional markets by announcing the launch of the Canon Print City project across six cities in the country. The project will run for three months from October to December focusing ...

ADVERTISING: Adspend forecast trimmed to 4.3 %
Mumbai, Oct. 14 Media buying agency ZenithOptimedia, a unit of Publicis Groupe, has reduced its forecast for adspend growth to 4.3 per cent in 2008, down from the 6.6 per cent growth forecast that it had published in June ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Dr Reddy’s arm launches dermatology product in US
Hyderabad, Oct. 14 Promius Pharma LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of pharma major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd, has launched its first product, EpiCeram Skin Barrier Emulsion, in the ...

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 ...






Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in
Subscribe to: Business Line

Markets (Oct 14)
Nifty (at close)3518.65(+27.95)
US Dollar (Buy/Sell)47.74/75
Brent crude (a bbl) Rs3,552
Gold (a gram) Rs1,334
Silver (a kg) Rs19,060

Brand Quest

Related Topics
Advertising
Awards & Honours
Brands
Channels and Franchises
Customer Relationship Management
Direct Marketing
IPR
Market Shares
Marketing Research
New Products & Services
Online Marketing
People
Promotions & Offers
Retailing
Rural Marketing
Standards & Benchmarks
Strategy
Trends


In Focus
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Singapore

More

Other Top Stories
WiMAX to be $13-b market in India by 2012

Growth in India strong, says Oracle

Financial crisis — What India needs to do

LIC on buying spree, hikes stake in pivotals

H1 agri commodity futures turnover down 32%

Despite good yield, groundnut farmers worried about prices

Can Govts, central banks take out risk?

Looking back
Oct. 5-Oct. 11
Reality shows offer more drama for advertisers

Super luxury car makers surpass sales targets

Smartbuy



The Hindu Group: Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription
Group Sites: The Hindu | The Hindu ePaper | Business Line | Business Line ePaper | Sportstar | Frontline | The Hindu eBooks | The Hindu Images | Home |

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu Business Line. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu Business Line