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STRATEGY: Vendors use cash reserves as marketing tool to woo clients
‘Strong reserves help vendors go for innovative pricing models’. Bangalore/Mumbai, Feb. 17 Indian outsourcing vendors are now using their cash reserves as one of the marketing tools to win clients even as generating new business gets ...

RADIO/TV: Govt to hike DAVP ad rates by 10%
Still open to new relief packages, says Minister. Mumbai, Feb. 17 The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has decided to hike the advertising rates of the Directorate of Advertising and Visual ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Mobile industry to ring in universal charging solution
Barcelona (Spain), Feb. 17 One of the banes of having different brands of mobile phones in the same home or office is the problem of forgotten chargers or tangled chargers. That’s set to change with the GSMA and 17 leading mobile ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Premji Invest, ICICI Venture object to Subhiksha merger with Blue Green
ICICI Venture seeks audit of company accounts. Wipro Chairman Azim Premji’s investment arm, Premji Invest, which holds a 10 per cent stake in retailer Subhiksha, and ICICI Venture, which owns 23 per cent, have filed their objections in the ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Nokia turns to email for the next jump
Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 17 Nokia expects the next jump for its growth to come from delivering messaging to the masses. Nokias Ovi mail and Mail for Exchange will evolve into Nokia Messaging, a single application which will let users access ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Suzuki enters 150-cc segment, launches GS 150R
Chennai, Feb. 17 Suzuki Motorcycle India Private Ltd (SMIPL) today launched the GS 150R, a 150 cc motorcycle in the premium segment . The on-road price in Chennai is ...

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES: Brandhouse Retails ties up with Italian apparel firm
Mumbai, Feb. 17 The S Kumar’s Group owned Brandhouse Retails, has forged a joint venture with the Italian apparel brand Oviesse with an investment of Rs 161 crore over a five-year ...

SPORTS: Media and entertainment industry bet on IPL to beat the slump
PRIME DRIVER. The Indian Premier League, which has emerged as a hot media property and redefined the concept of sports in India, is likely to continue its upbeat streak, despite the recessionary ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: SCI ties up with UAE co for new service
The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), in partnership with Hull & Hatch Lines Ltd of UAE, has launched a new service, Red Sea – India Express Service (RIX), connecting India’s two west coast ports with Red Sea ports, ...

STRATEGY: Slumdog Millionaire on Tata Sky
New Delhi, Feb. 17 Tata Sky will be featuring the Oscar-nominated film Slumdog Millionaire on its pay-per-view service in the run up of the Oscar ...

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BRANDS: Turning shoppers into buyers
Brands in the US try to rope in hesitant shoppers who have scaled down needs.. A few months ago, I was wary of switching on the television and being bombarded with ads on where to spend my money, how much to invest and which insurance scheme ...

STRATEGY: Rooms with a view
To tide over the slowdown, hotels are sweetening the pot with tariff cuts and offers that appeal to the epicure.. Karan Berry was only happy to wait for over 40 minutes to get a table for brunch at Courtyard Marriott’s Paprika restaurant ...

MARKETING RESEARCH: Word of mouse
While executives use the Net to get information on their field of business, they underestimate its potential to wreck reputations, says a survey.. Ever ranted about work woes, your boss or your organisation in a blog or elsewhere online? Sent ...

ADVERTISING: Tough-time marketing
Our columnist advises you to hang in there!. Tough times are here. In my line of business, I have lost revenue heavily. My monthly turnover in terms of sales is down by 45 per cent for the last two months. Is recession here already? As a ...

STRATEGY: Return of the big bucks
Recession or no recession, big money flowed at the IPL auction this year too.. Cut to the present: Franchisees were not willing to empty their entire auction purse this season. The eight franchisees had a total auction purse of a little below ...

BRANDS: The show goes on
The stage is all set for the second season of IPL.. The February 6 auction in Goa of international cricketers for the second innings of the DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) saw quite a few dollars flowing from the participating team franchisees ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Many-in-one
Beetel has launched DB 7401, a feature-rich phone, with in-built temperature measurement and record feature. The room temperature is displayed on the phone. The large 16-digit LCD display also features an analogue clock with five different ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: New in old
Old Spice has introduced a range of new fragrances, Ice Rock, Lagoon, and Sport, in its body deodorant sprays and after shave lotions. The lotions are available in packs of 100 ml bottles with an atomiser, in 100 ml packs for Rs 195. These ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Hear, hear!
Logitech has introduced the Pure-Fi mobile speaker system to transform low-fidelity mobile phone audio into high-fidelity, stereophonic sound wirelessly. The user can listen to her favourite tunes on the mobile phone without earphones. It is ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: For the males
Lotus Herbals has entered the men’s skincare segment with Safe Sun Men Advanced Daily UV Shield, PA+++, SPF30, especially formulated for male skin. It also doubles up as an after shave moisturiser with antiseptic properties. It ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Love potions
Barista has launched a range called ‘Sweet Nothings’ for Valentine’s Day that include new beverages as well as keychains and other collectibles. The beverages are priced between Rs 55 and Rs 109. The collectibles are available ...

BOOKS: Communication dissection
A woman consultant who comes to deliver a leadership training programme at a plumbing company finds that the all-male group of managers in the class wave lingerie at her when it is time for ...

BOOKS: Conformism to vivid choice
Those who seek to ‘educate the common people into better tastes’ find the popular tradition of carnivals, festivals and fairs disturbing. Such a tradition is derided as celebrating ‘symbolic inversions and transgressions of ...

BOOKS: Behavioural marketing
Context, training, reinforcement, and cue are the four steps to behavioural marketing, says Neale Martin in Habit: The 95% Behavior Marketers Ignore ( www.ftpress.com). Context holds the key ...






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