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CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES: Automobile dealers await manufacturers’ move on excise duty
Suspend sales over uncertainty of price. Mumbai/New Delhi/Chennai, Dec. 9 Automobile dealers say they have not seen an increase in customer enquiries just a day after the Centre announced a 4 percentage point excise duty cut, prompting vehicle ...

ADVERTISING: Durables majors stick to ad budgets despite slowdown
New Delhi, Dec. 9 Despite being faced with sluggishness in post-Diwali sales, durables majors are not curtailing their advertisement and marketing spend for the year ahead. They say the durables business is a marketing heavy segment which ...

OUTLOOK: Bike prices to come down
New Delhi, Dec. 9 Two-wheeler companies such as Hero Honda, Bajaj and Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India, announced that they would lower their bike prices in the range of Rs 1,000-2,100 across different ...

RETAILING: Retailers rejoice over falling rentals
Negotiations on to cut rent. Chennai, Dec. 9 With fall in prices of real estate and consequently of rentals, retailers are renegotiating their deals with landlords. Where the landlords are not relenting, they are shifting the shops to ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Envirofit launches biomass stoves in AP
Non-profit organisation eyes rural households. Hyderabad, Dec. 9 Envirofit, a research and development organisation, has launched in Andhra Pradesh a range of biomass fired cookstoves that could reduce toxic emissions by 80 per cent while using ...

STRATEGY: Lite Bite Foods plans food courts on highways
New Delhi, Dec. 9 Lite Bite Foods is looking to set up food courts on highways, under its high street food court brand Food Union ...

EVENTS: I&B Ministry to meet TV broadcasters
New Delhi, Dec. 9 The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is considering meeting television broadcasters over their coverage of the Mumbai attacks. The meeting could be held on ...

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES: UTV to sell Walt Disney movies
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NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Colors to offer new TV shows
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STRATEGY: HP looks to enter smaller towns
Ahmedabad, Dec 9 The imaging and printing division of Hewlett-Packard India is looking to spread its presence to more cities and has introduced new schemes in Gujarat and Rajasthan to ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Airtel Sabarimala offer
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ADVERTISING: Banking on makeovers
A few public sector banks go in for a makeover to appeal to the current generation.. We all love stories. Their appeal is universal, all the more so if they are ones that evoke emotions. The chances of such stories being remembered and retold ...

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: Be obsessed to excel
An organisation that is obsessive about service delivery would put the customer at the core of all operations and processes.. Much is said about excellence and the means to achieve it. From the time of the famous In Search of Excellence by Tom ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Level playing field between cable, satellite needs addressing’
India’s TV-loving millions have the News Corp-owned NDS bullish about business in the country.. NDS, the News Corp-owned pay TV solutions provider to Bharti, Tata Sky and DEN Networks recently announced investment plans of $150 million ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Channel ratings tend to operate in a band’
Rajesh Kamat, CEO, Colors, in a candid conversation about the issues and concerns faced by the Hindi general entertainment channels today.. The mandate given by Viacom18 to the 34-year old Rajesh Kamat, Chief Executive Officer, Colors was to put ...

BOOKS: Take a good reasonable idea
Having an idea is great, and in reality you don’t need a ‘hot’ one, advises Jon Gillespie-Brown in So You Want to be an Entrepreneur? ( ...

LIFESTYLE: The high traffic of experiences
A changing country, a developing economy and rapidly evolving technology have made people busier, less attentive, more impatient but hungrier than ever for newer experiences.. In the first part of an introspective piece, the writer mulls over ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Get floored
Vista, a brand of Alps Industries, has launched a collection of hardwood floorings in 9.5 mm. The new products that are made from Brazil hardwood are available in various shades. The varieties include, Jatoba, Tauari, Cumaru, ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Sugar control
Ayush, the health and wellness brand of Hindustan Unilever Network, has launched Ayush Shuddh Karela, in a capsule form that may help to ward off blood sugar-related health problems. It is priced at Rs 109 for 30 capsules and will be ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Aura of Orra
Orra has launched a new collection of diamonds and platinum collection called the Orra Platinum Couples Collection (OPC) — a set of complementary His and Her rings. The collection is designed in platinum and the rings are studded ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Eagle’s eye
Chennai-based Eagle Press has launched a range of four corporate gift sets for the year 2009. The range includes Prestige, Chairman, Supreme and Chancellor. The range comprises two diaries — big size diary and a week-to-view slim ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Fruit queen
Aujan Industries, a privately-owned independent soft drink and confectionery manufacturer in West Asia, has launched a juice drink Rani in India. The drink will be available in four flavours — orange, peach, pineapple and mango. It ...






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