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NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: CavinKare to enter dairy biz
To set up 2-lakh litre/day plant near Chennai. Chennai, Oct. 16 The Chennai-based CavinKare Pvt Ltd, a Rs 500-crore company in personal care and food products, is diversifying into dairy products including branded liquid milk and value added ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Corporation Bank’s cash back offer
Corporation Bank has launched cash back scheme this festive season for a period of 100 days on the usage of the bank’s debit, credit and campus cards. A bank release said here on Thursday that the campaign offers cash-back of up to 5 per ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Sony India’s festive season offer
Chennai, Oct. 16 Sony India, which has intensified its advertising and marketing activity in the country for the last couple of years, is focusing on four products for the festive season this year, hoping to create awareness of new technology ...

MARKET SHARES: Hyundai Motor aims at 22% market share this year
Hyderabad, Oct. 16 Stepping up production levels with a new manufacturing base, Hyundai Motor India Ltd is aiming at a market share of 21 to 22 per cent during the current year, up from 17 per cent ...

RETAILING: Lifestyle International to expand presence
Hyderabad, Oct. 16 Lifestyle International Ltd, part of the $2-billion Dubai-based Landmark Group, is looking at taking the total number of Lifestyle stores across the country to 35 and Home Centre stores to 25 in the next ...

BRANDS: Parle Agro unveils new fruit juice brand
Mumbai, Oct. 16 The Rs 950-crore Parle Agro is entering the pure juice category with a new brand — Saint ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Volvo race sponsorships to be finalised soon
Puravankara is real estate partner. Kochi, Oct. 16 Bangalore based real estate firm Puravankara Projects Ltd has been confirmed as one of the sponsors of the India Stopover of Volvo Ocean Race. Puravankara will be the Official Real Estate ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Big FM, Access plan training programmes
Chennai, Oct. 16 The “boom of the FM radio” has resulted in a mismatch between demand and supply of talent and a joint venture of Big FM and Access Atlantech Education Ltd seeks to plug ...

RETAILING: Future Group plans more Ethnicity outlets
Ahmedabad, Oct.16 The Future Group CEO, Mr Kishore Biyani, maintaining that there is ‘no slowdown in India’ announced the opening of eight stores under the company’s new format, Ethnicity, across major ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Xenos launches vehicle security systems
Coimbatore, Oct. 16 Automobile accessories company, Xenos Technologies, has introduced its new range of vehicle convenience and security systems under the ...

From Brand Line

RETAILING: Getting creative with retail
Advertising agencies set up specialist units to turn shoppers into buyers.. Turning shoppers into buyers is the new job at hand for advertising agencies which believe in steadily expanding their creative functions in the retail space. Recently ...

BRANDS: Brands in trouble
Some of the most iconic brands have taken a thorough beating with the recent meltdown in the global markets.. “Buildings age and become dilapidated. Machines wear out. Cars rust. People die. But what lives on are ...

INTERVIEW: ‘The 360{+o} concept died a while ago’
Mahesh Chauhan talks about the churn in the advertising industry.. It’s an early October morning and Chennai feels like it’s still at its sizzling worst. In the cool confines of a hotel’s roomy coffee shop, Mahesh Chauhan, ...

ADVERTISING: Controversy as an advertising tool
Sometimes it’s a deliberate tactic, and sometimes the consumers’ outrage is understandable.. Recent pieces of advertising have resorted to creating public controversy on purpose. Is this a way of reigning in the public mindset at low ...

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: I vs me – the customer service paradox
Customers’ expectations of service stem from their perception of the brand itself.. I have a split personality. I confess. On the one hand, I am a purveyor of customer service in my work life — I fondly hope I am a purveyor of good ...

BOOKS: Creative resurgence in China
A common notion about the Chinese is that they interpret messages and products quite literally, evaluating them in a rational manner, rather than relating to the emotions and symbolism in the communication, says a new book that studies ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Diamonds forever
Tanishq Jewellery of the Tata Group has launched a new collection for the festive season called Aleya. The collection is a mix of polki or uncut diamond and semi-precious stones such as rubies ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Vybe well
Titan Industries’ exclusive optical retail chain has announced the launch of accessories Vybes — a trendy new collection of eyewear for the youth. The collection comes in bold colours and sleek eye shapes. The company has ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Visual treat
ViewSonic Corporation, a global provider of visual display products, has launched portable DLPProjector PJD6210, encompassing the BrilliantColor Technology. The projector promises to provide greater colour accuracy with a four-segment ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Paint it gold
Nippon Paint has introduced a Gold paint collection with gold dust. The product range includes two varieties – gold paint acrylic emulsion and gold paint acrylic enamel. Both the varieties are available in one litre ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Cook it up
LG Electronics India has announced the launch of new models in the microwave ovens range. The prices for the new range of products — Solo, Grill and Convection, start at Rs 3,890, Rs 5,590 and Rs 9,990 respectively. Each model comes ...






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