The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, November 26, 2005

P&G Hygiene strategy to step up sales
PROCTER & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care (PGHH) Ltd has adopted a four-pronged approach to spur higher use of its brands. The company, which has brands such as Vicks and Whisper, has focussed on better understanding of the shopper and retailer More

Wipro positions honey as breakfast food
WIPRO Consumer Care and Lighting, a division of IT major Wipro Ltd, has launched lemon honey and positioned it as breakfast food. Mr Nagender Arya, General Manager - New Business Development, Wipro Consumer Care, said that in India, honey has ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS

Teacher's Scotch awards
NEW DELHI: Teacher's Scotch whisky, which is celebrating its 175th anniversary across the world, is set to host the Teacher's Achievement Awards for the fifth year. The nominations in various categories for the Teacher's Achievement ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

Toyota dealer offers free petrol for Innova buyers
FROM a waiting list, which stretched up to four months not so long ago, a Toyota dealer is now offering a year's petrol free for Innova cars, perhaps the first such scheme its kind in India. Last week, in a similar offer, DaimlerChrysler, the ... More

RETAILING

Landmark Group plans Rs 300-cr expansion
DUBAI-BASED retail chain Landmark Group will invest about Rs 300 crore in the next five years to fund its expansion in the country. This includes plans to bring in its concept stores into the country, including the Max chain of value retail ... More

`FDI in retail key to make India a leading destination'
FDI in retail is a must and would help a long way in making India a leading retail destination in the world, said industry experts at the India Retail Summit on Friday. Ms Bala Deshpande, Director, Investment, ICICI Venture Funds Management, ... More

Pantaloon to set up new arm
MUMBAI: Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd has informed the stock exchanges that its board of directors, at a meeting held on November 22, approved the setting up of a new company for the business of retailing in the area of communication, ... More

ONLINE MARKETING

`Cybercafes propel online shopping'
WITH a boom in e-commerce and increasing number of online shoppers, cybercafes seem to be playing an important role in enabling online shopping. A study conducted by the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) shows that cybercafes have . More

PEOPLE

Coke executive to join MTV
MUMBAI: Mr Amit Jain of Coca Cola India has been appointed as Managing Director - MTV Networks (MTVN) India. He has also been appointed as the Executive Vice-President - MTV Networks Asia. Mr Jain will join the company on January 1, ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Air India launches direct Dubai-Pune service
AIR India on Thursday announced the launch of non-stop flights between Pune and Dubai beginning December 12. The new flight, AI-719-718, will be operated on the Mumbai-Pune-Dubai-Pune-Mumbai route with 201-seater Airbus 310 aircraft on ... More

McCormick spices in India
MCCORMICK, a global brand leader in spices, has launched its range of sterilised products, processed at its joint venture unit with AVT at nearby Vazhakulam, in the Indian market. Apress release here said the high-quality variants available ... More