The Hindu Business Line : Friday, June 13, 2003

Tatas to roll out new car models soon
TATA Engineering is all set to roll out the station wagon version of its Indigo Sedan in the next couple of months. Also revving up to make its debut is the petrol version of the company's multi-utility vehicle, the Safari, which is expected to ... More

UK co to sell Nightingale diaries
THE Rs 170-crore Srinivas Fine Arts (SFA) has entered into a tie-up with the UK-based Neale Dataday to market its Nightingale brand of diaries in that country. The alliance, which is on a revenue-sharing basis, is expected to rake in £3 ... More

BDA plans to enter Indian beer market
BDA Ltd, the maker of "Officers Choice" brand of whisky and rum, plans to enter the beer marketing and bottling business. A senior BDA source confirmed that the company had decided to create a separate division for undertaking such activity. ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS

NCDRC to have southern branch
WITH the number of cases being piled up at consumer disputes redressal courts, the demand for setting up a National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) branch in the South is likely to be addressed soon. Addressing presspersons here ... More

EVENTS

Fashion Week gets new sponsors — Show in Mumbai from July 18-24
"The Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) developed LIFW as a platform for designers and buyers to come together in an effort to encourage forward linkages with retailers, corporates, exporters and buying houses," said Mr Vinod Kaul, Executive Dire ctor, FDCI. More

CONSUMER ACTIVISM

AP plans info wing for consumers
IN a bid to equip the consumers with a whole lot of information regarding their rights and protect their interests, the Government has decided to bring many of its organisations, dealing with the public directly such as civil supplies and health, ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

Gillette India, Virgin tie up for promo offer
GILLETTE India Ltd and Virgin Atlantic Airways have announced the `Advantage Gillette' contest, under which three winners will get to visit London and watch the Wimbledon finals in an all-expense-paid trip. According to a Gillette India press ... More

BPCL plans Speed promo with Terminator 3
Mr S. Ramesh, General Manager- Retail Strategy, BPCL, said, "We have been trying to build differentiation through image building and are looking at associating Speed with new movies. Terminator 3 will be the next movie Speed would get involved with i n terms of doing activities and promotions together.'' More

RETAILING

And now, a spring water café
THE Rs 600-crore DS Group on Thursday unveiled a `spring water café' in New Delhi, making it the country's first such retail concept. The café is called `Catch Level 5000', reinforcing the fact that Catch spring water is bottled at 5,000 feet ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Global Green Co introduces Tify Relish
THE Thapar Group-owned Global Green Company Ltd (GGCL), the largest exporter of processed vegetables to Europe, the US and Asia Pacific countries, has introduced Tify Relish, a packaged food product, to be consumed as an accompaniment, dip, ... More

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