The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, February 25, 2006

Small towns swayed by mobile entertainment
More small town folks have begun tuning into their mobiles to check out the latest Tollywood flick or Dhoni's sensational sixers. Handset makers and mobile service companies are now `ringing' in more revenues from tier II cities, thanks to the ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

No pre-Budget blues for automobile cos
The sharp drop in sales of high-priced consumer items such as automobiles and durables seen in the days running up to the Budget may be missing this year around, thanks to attractive consumer schemes brought out by manufacturers, especially of ... More

RETAILING

Century on major retail expansion drive
Cottons by Century, the retail readymade arm of the diversified BK Birla group and part of Century Textiles & Industries Ltd, has embarked on a major retail expansion. It expects to add about 1,50,000 sq ft of retail area spread out in some 70 .. More

MARKETING RESEARCH

Indian luxury goods buyers set to treble by 2010
India has more consumers for luxury goods than the adult population of several countries. The Knowledge Company, an initiative of KSA Technopak, has produced India Luxury Trends 2006, a study on the sector that has over one million consumers in ... More

BRANDS

Japanese co eyeing Indian beer market
One of the largest beer makers in Japan, Sapporo Breweries is likely to enter India either through a joint venture or through acquisition of breweries in the country. Sources in the industry told Business Line that an official from ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Sharp's new range of calculators
Sharp Business Systems (I) Ltd has launched a series of new scientific calculators to cater to students and technical community in the country. According to a company press release, the new range has multi-line playback function to ... More

Sales pitch — Corporate blogging from Mouthshut
Blogging Web site, Mouthshut.com, is shortly going to roll out a corporate blogging service, which would enable consumers to directly engage themselves in a dialogue with companies on their various products and services. Speaking to ... More

Rudralife launches bio-jewel range
Rudralife announced the launch of its `bio jewellery' range of rudrakshas here, on Thursday. The range includes malas, necklaces, earrings and bracelets. These will be put on display till February ... More

Brand Quest

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