The Hindu Business Line : Monday, December 04, 2006

INSIGHT
Retailing, continental style
The European market is now at the crossroads. Technology adoption is essential for the biggest companies in retail to remain competitive. Empowered consumers, decreasing workforce productivity and competitive and saturated markets are obstacles. Retail firms have reaped significant productivity gains by relying on scale and scope, with massive centralised chains. More

Retail management
The emergence of organised retailing in India is much in the news, with the announced entry of Wal-Mart, and of Reliance expanding massively in Hyderabad and Chennai. Reliance was reportedly preparing for a blitzkrieg for several months, ... More

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
Passenger first on Indian's consolidation flight plan
Indian plans major upgrade putting in place a modern Passenger Service System. More

RETAILING
Landmark Group to enter hospitality sector
Dubai-based Landmark Group, owners of the Lifestyle retailing brand, said that it was all set to foray into the hospitality sector through setting up three-star hotels, food courts, restaurants and amusement zones, under a separate group entity, ... More

Huge potential predicted for retail growth
With the country's organised retail poised for a growth at a compounded annual growth rate of about 35 per cent over the next few years, there is huge potential in the country and the State in particular, according to the Confederation of Indian ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
IRCTC launches tour packages for Darjeeling, Gangtok
Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a subsidiary of the Indian Railways, has launched two separate tour packages for Darjeeling and Gangtok. This is IRCTC's first such tour programme for the eastern region. The duration of ... More

Avon launches electric bikes
The Ludhiana based Avon Cycles has introduced new generation battery operated electric bikes in the Kerala market. Priced at Rs 16,930, the electric bikes provide local point-to-point transportation. Having brakes, lights and horns as in the ... More

Hutch services at Sabarimala
Hutch has announced the launch of its services at Sannidhanam, Pamba and Nilackal in Sabarimala. Physical and e-top up facility for recharges will also be made available at select centres across the State. Mr K. Sankara ... More

Lastech Systems Tamil Web site
Lastech Systems, a Chennai-based company, has launched www.tamilthedal.com, a site to enable Internet users use search engines such as Google for search in Tamil. Users can directly type ... More

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