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STRATEGY
Canon to `Indianise' brand for better reach
Plans to penetrate smaller towns, cities More

Tata Indicom's `One Nation' plan
Tata Indicom, has launched a tariff plan that offers all domestic calls (local and STD) at Re 1 a minute and all domestic calls to Tata Indicom phones at Re 1 for three minutes. This `One Nation' tariff is for its post-paid Walky ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS
Airtel unveils Easy Music card in Karnataka
Airtel on Tuesday launched Easy Music card in Karnataka, in association with Indiatimes 8888. These music cards, priced at Rs 30 and Rs 50, will sit alongside the shampoo sachets and are expected to make it easier for the mobile user to buy ... More

MARKET SHARES
Crossword eyes 15-pc share of organised book market
Crossword Bookstores Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of retail giant Shopper's Stop, is eyeing a 15 per cent share of the organised music/book market in the country by 2009. The book and music market, currently valued at Rs 1,500 crore, is ... More

RETAILING
A reality check on retailing
Ambitious plans are being rolled out for organised retailing across the length and breadth of India. Retail chains of 500 or even 5,000 stores are being freely talked about. Not only in tier I cities, but in tier II and tier III cities as well. ... More

CPI(M) opposes Bharti, Wal-Mart tie-up
Calling it a back door entry by FDI in retail in the country, the CPI (M) has opposed the Bharti-Wal-Mart deal. FDI is not possible in retail under the existing policy on foreign investment in India. "The Wal-Mart's franchisee ... More

Jetline launches `Big Time' retail watch stores
The city-based Jetline Group, engaged in manufacturing and packaging material, and software development, has entered the retail segment with the launch of `Big Time' chain of watch stores. Mr Rajan Navani, Managing Director, and Mr Rakesh ... More

MARKETING RESEARCH
`Media, entertainment sector to double revenues by 2010'
Growing at an annual rate of 15.6 per cent, the media and entertainment industry will double its revenues from Rs 36,100 crore in 2005 to Rs 74,400 crore by 2010, according to a Crisil report. "The media and entertainment sector is expected to ... More

Where Brazil scores over India
The Nasscom in association with Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, the University of Sao Paolo and London Business School on Tuesday released a report stating the impact of ICT penetration on small and mid sized firms in India and ... More

VENTURE CAPITAL
Matrix Partners invests in Yo! China
Venture capitalist Matrix Partners India has invested Rs 25 crore in Moods Hospitality Ltd, the Chinese fast food chain under the Yo! China brand. With plans of scaling its operations and entering new Mumbai markets, Yo! China ... More

OUTLOOK
Chennai next on Reliance Retail radar
10 stores to be opened; Jaipur, Mumbai and Delhi to follow More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Honda launches new CR-V; small car to take time
Honda Siel Cars India today launched the new version of its premium sports utility vehicle CR-V. The new CR-V is costlier by at least Rs 2.5 lakh as compared to the existing model. ``The third generation CR-V, which is being introduced in ... More

Autodesk portal for students
Autodesk launched a global student engineering and design community portal (http://students.autodesk.com). This is part of its global initiative to educate the student community with the latest 3D design technologies and prepare ... More

Motorola unveils low-cost handset
In a bid to break Nokia's dominance in the Indian cellular phone market, Motorola today announced the global launch of its low-cost handset, Motofone, in the country. Motorola is banking on the Motofone, its thinnest phone at about nine mm, to ... More

ICI Paints unveils ColourFutures 2007
ICI Paints, makers of Dulux Paints, has tied up with the Fashion Design Council of India to shoot a joint TV commercial featuring Kareena Kapoor, to be directed by filmmaker Karan Johar. Kareena Kapoor will be the brand ambassador for the ... More

Eurofly to launch non-stop Delhi-Rome flights
Eurofly, a private sector airline from Italy, is to launch direct non-stop flights between Rome and Delhi from January 15. Addressing a press conference, the airlines Executive Vice-President, Mr Armando Brunini, said that the airlines would ... More

Star Shar@Trade
NEW FACILITY FROM BANK OF INDIA: Mr M. Balachandran (left), CMD, Bank of India, and Mr Asit C. Mehta, Chairman, Asit C. Mehta Investment Intermediates Ltd, at a press conference to announce the launch of `Star Shar@Trade' (online share trading) ... More

HSBC to offer new product for corporates
HSBC is launching a new cash management product, titled National Network Collections. It will help customers keep track of their receivables while helping them reduce their working capital cycle and cutting costs. Ms Natasha Patel, Head of ... More

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