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TRENDS: High inventory cuts car makers’ growth outlook
Growth rate to be around 7%, down from 12%. Bangalore/Mumbai, Nov. 12 With inventory levels in car dealerships across the country doubling in recent months, the Indian auto industry may be facing a far more serious situation than was ...

INSIGHT: An emperor in China
Our columnist comes away wowed by the consumer service in China, though his delight is tempered by a few other concerns.. Till recently I had no direct exposure to China. Maybe my only exposure to China was to its cuisine and restaurants such as ...

STRATEGY: Reva takes new route for driving its sales
Plans to partner electronic retail chains. Bangalore, Nov. 12 The slowdown in the auto sector as well as the uniqueness of the product itself has prompted India’s first electric car maker, Reva, to scout for non-traditional routes such as ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Emami adds new products to winter care range
Plans Rs 80-cr spend on advertising. Chennai, Nov. 12 Emami Ltd has entered two new personal care categories with the launch of Emami Pure Skin glycerine soap and Emami Vasocare petroleum jelly. It has also launched Sardi Ja, a range of OTC ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Cartridge World opens 3 stores
Cartridge World, an Australian specialty cartridge retailing chain, has opened three stores in Hyderabad at Ameerpet, Begumpet and Balanagar. The stores will offer services that will include refilling inkjet cartridges and reloading laser ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: Bharti Wal-Mart inks pact for skills training centre
New Delhi, Nov. 12 Bharti Wal-Mart Pvt Ltd, the joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and Wal-Mart Stores Inc for wholesale cash-and-carry, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Punjab Government to establish a special ...

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS: TRAI suggests State govts, political parties stay away from broadcasting activities
New Delhi, Nov. 12 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is not in favour of political parties, religious bodies and State governments being involved in broadcasting ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Singapore Tourism’s ‘kids free’ X’mas offer
Bangalore, Nov. 12 Singapore is all set to get transformed into “Candy Land” this year-end! Tourists can expect to see streets undergoing a sweet transformation, dripping with gumdrops, liquorice, candy canes and jellybeans, and ...

From Brand Line

STRATEGY: Out of the whirl
After being in the red for a few years, Whirlpool of India is gaining momentum with new launches and looking forward to good times ahead.. Tough times never last, but tough people do. Or shall we say tough brands do. For Shantanu Das Gupta, ...

RURAL MARKETING: Nokia’s rural odyssey
The cell phone maker kicks off mobile services for non-urban areas by launching Life Tools.. A thin sheet of fog hangs over the bright winter morning in Dankaur, Uttar Pradesh, a town with a population of 15,000 people. In this small, ...

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: An emperor in China
Our columnist comes away wowed by the consumer service in China, though his delight is tempered by a few other concerns.. Till recently I had no direct exposure to China. Maybe my only exposure to China was to its cuisine and restaurants such as ...

INSIGHT: Coffee, tennis and James Bond
The branding phenomenon called James Bond is perhaps the only Hollywood name known across the length and breadth of the country.. James Bond’s A Quantum of Solace is here at last. As an ardent James Bond fan, I see him to be a very big ...

BOOKS: Making the first impression
First impressions are more heavily influenced by non-verbal cues than by verbal cues, says Carol Kinsey Goman in The Nonverbal Advantage: Secrets and Science of Body Language at Work ( ...






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