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CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES: GAIL-HPCL team outbid Reliance for city gas project
Bags 3 cities for distribution to households, automobiles. GAIL (India) Ltd is unlikely to lose its monopoly over city gas distribution (CGD). A joint venture between GAIL and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has outbid ...

ADVERTISING: IPL venue shift: Recession-hit cos may back out first
Sponsors seek discount on amount signed with IPL teams. Mumbai, March 31 Team sponsors and advertisers are asking for discounts ranging between 10 per cent and 15 per cent of the amount signed with the IPL teams for changing the venue of the ...

BRANDS: Phoenix not to renew contract with Carlson Group
3 properties to come under ‘Zuri Resorts and Hotels’ banner. Bangalore, March 31 Phoenix Group Global, which opened its first luxury hotel in Bangalore recently under the ‘Zuri’ brand, has decided not to renew its ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Godrej launches Cinthol with dehydration feature
FMCG company Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) today hinted at the possibility of crossing the Rs 1,000-crore revenue mark this ...

PEOPLE: Sanjay Behl is Big TV’s new CEO
New Delhi, March 31 Mr Sanjay Behl has been appointed CEO of Reliance ADAG’s DTH and ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: LifeCell seeks to popularise cord-blood banking with Hrithik
Launches equated monthly instalment scheme. Mumbai, March 31 There are EMI schemes to own a car, buy a house, even study abroad. Now, you can make an EMI paymentto preserve your new-born baby’s umbilical cord blood stem-cells and ...

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES: Ranbaxy to market Daiichi Sankyo’s BP drug in India
New Delhi, March 31 Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd on Tuesday announced that it will launch a drug for high blood pressure discovered by Daiichi ...

AWARDS & HONOURS: Bangalore airport wins Routes award
Bangalore, March 31 The 10-month-old Bengaluru International Airport has won the Routes Asia Airport Marketing Award in a contest with four other airports in the sub-continent, operator BIAL said in a ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Intel launches new Xeon chip range
Chip maker Intel Corp has launched 17 enterprise-class processors led by the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series that can provide greater performance and energy efficiency compared to the earlier processors, the ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: LG launches new AC range
New Delhi, March 31 LG Electronics India has launched a new range of air-conditioners — 43 split and 19 window AC models which are 100 per cent star rated. Thus, the new line-up is low on energy consumption and cooling. The ...

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OUTLOOK: The selling of the Nano
The little Nano has huge expectations riding on it as Tata Motors pulls out all the stops in a multi-media effort to market the car.. Please don’t make the people wait too much...deliver ...

BRANDING: Who will win the battle of the ballot?
As politicians get down to branding, what does this mean for the average Indian voter?. India is a country divided by differences of language, race, caste, colour of skin, religion, sub-sects, dialects and just about anything, And yet this ...

BRANDS: Philips sees the bigger picture
The company extends the ‘Sense & Simplicity’ proposition to reposition itself on the health & well-being plank.. It’s a warm and humid 7 a.m. by the beach as the newspersons attending Philips Electronics India’s ...

BRANDS: Marketing the transformation
Philips is investing in retail and consumer care as it wants the brand to gain more prominence there.. Despite the slowdown, marketing spend will be significantly higher this year, says Vivek Sharma, Philips Electronics’ India’s ...

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS: Samsung on song
Samsung hopes to keep the market interest going by launching a slew of new models across product categories.. When Ludhiana-based Urmila Kumar was doing up her home, she was particular that the air-conditioner and refrigerator complement her ...

MARKETING: Immediacy is hot
The digital medium is close, offers excellent reminders, and even detects who you are and what you want.. Why is digital media in such good focus today? And what is ...

BOOKS: Technology levels the field for small businesses bookmark
Modern technology has made the playing field a little more level for small businesses when it comes to developing videos to be shown online, says Alan Charlesworth in Internet Marketing: A Practical Approach ( ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Safe drink
Aum Technologies has launched an ultra filtration water purifier under the brand name Neermay. Developed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), this product is based on a polysulfone type of ultra filtration membrane in a ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Shut out the din
Sony India has launched Sony MDR-NC7 noise-cancelling headphones. They are described as being perfect for travel or the daily commute with a convenient, foldable and swivel design and a battery life of approximately 50 hours. Also, ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Take your seat
Acme Fitness has introduced the new xRide manufactured by Octane Fitness, a seated elliptical workout. The xRide is said to offer the advantages of traditional standing elliptical cross trainers, including total-body, low-impact ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Now gift shoes
Bata India has introduced Bata Gift Vouchers targeted at three major segments — employee incentives and rewards, business gifting and customer promotions. They come in three denominations of Rs 100, Rs 250 and Rs 500. Each gift voucher has ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Inspired baths
Hindustan Sanitaryware has launched a range of stylised bath fittings. They come with a 20mm cartridge to ensure smooth flow of water. The range includes basin mixers, wall mixers, sink mixers, bib cocks, sink cocks, stop cocks and shower ...






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