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ADVERTISING: Cricket is still the best platform for advertisers
SHOW ME THE MONEY. New Delhi, Dec. 15 India’s recent run of victories in cricket is making the broadcasters smile once again. Neo Sports is hoping to up its rates when the audience ratings come in, says Mr Abhishek Verma, Head (Marketing ...

RETAILING: Small is beautiful for retailers in gloom
Higher returns in niche formats. New Delhi, Dec. 15 Faced with the unexpectedly sharp slowdown in economic activity, retailers have begun to opt for smaller and niche formats rather than the large and hyper formats. This means shop sizes now ...

RETAILING: Rosebys to take franchisee route for expansion
Sees potential in home décor, lifestyle products space. Ahmedabad, Dec. 15 Rosebys Interiors India Ltd — part of the $700-million GHCL Ltd, a multinational company owned by the Sanjay Dalmia group — plans to open about 500 ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Lancome store in Bangalore
Luxury beauty brand Lancome opened its counter at Bangalore, its 10th in the country. The brand, which has a nine per cent share worldwide, has already been launched in New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune. Ms Julie De Clermont Tonnerre, Marketing ...

ADVERTISING: TV ad volume up 28% during Jan-Sept 08
Chennai, Dec. 15 There was a 28 per cent growth in TV advertising during January-September 2008 compared with January-September ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Tata Sky signs up Asin to endorse DTH services
New Delhi, Dec. 15 Actress Asin, who is set to make her Bollywood debut in the film Ghajini, has been signed up by Tata Sky to endorse its Direct-to-Home services. The DTH company is banking on the actress’ popularity ...

MARKETING RESEARCH: Arbitron to set up Indian subsidiary
Kochi, Dec. 15 Arbitron, an international media and market research firm serving the media – radio, television, cable, online radio, advertisers and advertising agencies in the US and Europe for the last 60 years, is in the final stages ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Maruti launches Green Cabs in AP
Hyderabad, Dec. 15 Maruti Suzuki India has launched Green Cabs for urban motoring on the Maruti 800 AC Duo powered by ...

ADVERTISING: New Chairman for Grey Asia Pacific
Chennai, Dec. 15 Grey Group, part of the advertising giant WPP, will soon have a new Chairman and CEO for its Asia Pacific region. Mr Nirvik Singh will take over the Chairman and CEO and will be responsible for Grey and G2 in the region ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: LG launches cassette AC
New Delhi: LG Electronics has launched its new range of Cassette AC – Highlander— in the Indian market. Highlander cassette air conditioners have a unique individual four-way airflow control which is specially ...

AWARDS & HONOURS: ITC bags 5 national PR awards
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NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Indian Hotels opens Vivanta
Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces on Monday announced the opening of its new premium hotel here. A press statement from The Indian Hotels Company, which runs Taj Hotels, said that the new hotel, Vivanta by Taj situated in Whitefield, Bangalore, ...

From Brand Line

ADVERTISING: Is the picture dimming?
Advertising on TV may be hit due to the slowdown but the FMCG sector could well be its insurance.. As the slowdown takes its toll on most industries, it is now going to be the turn of the broadcasting industry to face the blues. The ad ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Indian cos have to spend to defend themselves’
David Haigh, CEO of Brand Finance, says Indian firms can take advantage of the downturn to spend more to reinforce their position.. David Haigh, the CEO of Brand Finance Plc, was in India recently from the UK to evangelise what he has been doing ...

ADVERTISING: Small sceptics
Children are no fools, and exhibit some healthy cynicism when it comes to advertising that seems to make tall claims.. I was watching some TV programmes with a bunch of kids and their comments during a commercial break prompted me to ask them a ...

BOOKS: Fear-based sales relationship is dysfunctional
What would you call ‘the process of helping clients succeed in a way they feel good about’? It’s ‘sales,’ say Mahan Khalsa and Randy Illig in Let’s Get Real or Let’s Not Play: Transforming ...

INTERVIEW: ‘The Indian market has adopted advocacy faster than many others’
Jack Leslie, Chairman of PR major Weber Shandwick, in conversation with BrandLine.. Jack Leslie, the Chairman of Weber Shandwick, one of the world’s major public relations agencies, was in India last month to speak at the World Economic ...

BRANDS: Three brands and a disaster
After the mayhem of November 26, our columnist examines the appeal of the two hotels that took centre-stage and the city that houses them.. The 26/11 terrorist attack on Mumbai basically involved three brands and a disaster. I live very close to ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Hot stuff
Padmini Essentia has launched a stainless steel instant gas geyser brand named ‘Magic’. Its response time is claimed to be comparable with that of an expensive instant geyser. In less than 10 seconds, there is flowing hot water ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: World tour
Funskool India Ltd’s latest offering for kids is the Global Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition, featuring the greatest cities from around the world. It is available in an electronic version and a non-electronic version priced at ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Office chic
LG Electronics has launched its new commercial air-conditioner range, Cassette AC – Highlander. The ACs are claimed to have a unique individual four-way airflow control specially designed to control the angle of each vane and the ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Minty aid
Dabur India has announced the extension of its Hajmola digestive range with the launch of a new variant – Hajmola Pudina. The new Pudina variant comes after the success of Hajmola’s regular, imli (tamarind) and ...






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