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MARKETING RESEARCH: Zee TV viewership ratings get closer to Max
Ad revenues continue to be under pressure. Mumbai, May 14 While most general entertainment channels (GEC) are reeling under the IPL effect, Zee TV is getting closer to SET Max in terms of viewership ...

STRATEGY: New music industry body seeks to check mobile chip piracy
Industry losing more than Rs 300 cr each year due to illegal downloads. Hyderabad, May 14 The Indian Music Industry (IMI) has announced the launch of Music Mobile Exchange (MMX), a body that encourages legal music downloads, thereby, seeking to ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Bajaj Allianz’s new plan
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance has launched a unit-linked plan called ‘UnitGain Protection Plus’, a press release issued by the company said. The product offers an additional sum assured in case of accidental death of the life ...

RETAILING: Bangalore Metro corridor leaves retailers in lurch
Along with recession woes, retailers in Bangalore located on the East-West corridor of the Bangalore Metro Rail Project are grappling with falling sales and relocation problems. Faced with an almost 30 per cent dip in sales, most large ...

RADIO/TV: DTH service: TRAI told to fix add-on channel rates
New Delhi, May 14 The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to fix prices of add-ons, or channels offered individually in Direct-to-Home (DTH) ...

STRATEGY: Canon to invest Rs 100 cr in B2B rental biz
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SHOPPING: Traders back shopping fest
Traders, entrepreneurs and manufacturers have extended full support to the third edition of the Grand Kerala Shopping Festival that gets under way later this year. Representatives from various sectors of trade and commerce met at ...

From Brand Line

DIRECT MARKETING: Direct selling on the go
While organised retail is slowing down, the direct selling industry is gung ho about its prospects. BrandLine does a reality check on its optimism.. This business has the uncanny ability to bump into you in the most unlikely places. Often it is ...

INTERVIEW: ‘The importance here is to cut out unnecessary middlemen’
Michael Bergdahl, author and Wal-Mart director, says that if small retailers in India cannot buy stock directly from the source, their next best bet would be wholesalers.. Michael ‘Bird Dawg,’ Bergdahl has perhaps penned one of the ...

BRANDS: Top brands, top trends
A recent ranking of the world’s 100 most valuable brands throws up some interesting insights.. The headline buzz in this year’s Millward Brown report on the 100 most valuable global brands belongs to a relatively new brand which is ...

STRATEGY: Indiagenous ingenuity
Why does jugaad – resourcefulness, inventiveness - not manifest itself at an organisational level?. A couple of years ago, I was giving a lecture on innovation in New Zealand when my presentation went blank. On examination, I found that ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Nifty device
LG Electronics has launched a new palm-size pocket projector, the HS102G. Targeting both the business and home consumers, it is among the smallest projectors available in a dimension of 15.4 x 11.7 x 5 cm and weighs 780 gm. The projector ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Dip dip dip
Taj Mahal, the premium tea brand from Hindustan Unilever, has launched 10 tea bags trial packs as well as 10s pack of flavoured tea bags to its existing portfolio of 100 tea bags pack and 25 tea bags pack. These are available in three ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Space savers
Triveni Bialetti has launched the Stella range of non-stick cookware for the Indian market. The products are priced at Rs 495 and above and can be purchased from major stores and hypermarkets. The range is available in two variants, the ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Tan not
Modi Revlon Street Wear has launched the Skinshields sunscreen range. The range has products based on natural ingredients that include sunflower seed extract that acts as an antioxidant, and aloe vera gel. The range comprises Sunscreen Cream ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Rose & shine!
Dabur has launched Premium Rose Touch Face Freshener to keep skin rejuvenated, fresh and supple. It is a rose water spray to keep skin fresh anytime, anywhere. It is available for Rs 65 for 100 ml, across ...

BOOKS: Better get moving
Meeting people is not just about going to parties, it is also about creating opportunities for relationships, says Richard Bandler in Get the Life You Want: The Secrets to Quick & Lasting Life Change ( ...

BOOKS: Retail environs as marketing strategy
With an intention to maximise sales per square foot of shelf space, it is not uncommon for retail stores to “undertake detailed analysis of the way consumers wander through the shop and browse the displays.” For instance, ...

BOOKS: Advertisement ethics
Faced with the challenge of a clutter of ads, marketing professionals may at times think they have a licence to do anything that will make their ads noticed, cautions A. C. Fernando in Business Ethics: An Indian Perspective ( ...






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