The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 23, 2007

STRATEGY
United Spirits set to finalise deal with Whyte & Mackay
United Spirits is all set to buy the Scottish whisky company Whyte & Mackay. The deal will make the company a major global player. "We will announce the deal shortly," the United Spirits Chairman, Mr Vijay Mallya, told Business Line. ... More

INSIGHT
Is customer delight a viable goal?
Managements would be better off refining and perfecting processes and making them error-free and fail-proof rather than aspiring for the elusive goal of customer delight, says S. ANANTHARAMAN. More

Urban food retailing: A virtuous circle of prosperity
The size of the Indian urban food market is authoritatively estimated at Rs 350,000 crore. The domestic market for processed food is not only huge but also fast-growing. The retail boom will create a huge demand for the food processing sector in ... More

ADVERTISING
Optimum Media launching unit for advertiser-funded programming
OMS' Brandcast cell would be spun off into a full-fledged division to make programmes whose content would be driven by the advertiser. More

PSU oil cos rework promotional strategies
Curb unplanned advertisements, lower ad spend More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES
`Channel' resellers of Intel tools
Intel India has nominated three resellers into a channel programme for Intel software tools. Tata Elxsi will focus on performance computing segment, the Mumbai-based Softcell on enterprise and Sonata on Education. The channel programme for ... More

RETAILING
Swarovski plans 30 new outlets by 2009
Swarovski India Pvt Ltd, the Indian arm of the Austrian crystal maker, Swarovski, announced during the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Swarovski Crystal Society here that it would open 30 new retail outlets by 2009. "We are targeting to ... More

Euro RSCG plans new venture for data analytics
To focus on 4D — digital network to drive brand experience, sales results More

Reliance Fresh in Bangalore
Plans outlets in Hubli, Mangalore and Mysore soon More

MARKETING RESEARCH
Mobile music revenues may cross $27 b by 2010: Study
The survey says that India would be next only to South Korea in surpassing the physical music sales. More

`Consumer, small, medium segments to drive PC market'
E-governance is expected to propel the Indian PC market this year. The shipments are set to grow by 20 per cent according to the latest forecast by analyst firm Gartner. "The consumer and the small and medium business (SMB) segments will be the ... More

BRANDS
Rajesh Exports going global with diamond jewellery
`Presence in 100 countries in five years' More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Hutch offers data back-up service
What worries most people when they lose a mobile phone is the loss of data stored in the instrument such as telephone/mobile numbers. Hutch now offers customers a `phone backup service'. Besides phonebook data it will also preserve SMS, MMS, ... More

Mobile ESPN value packs
ESPN STAR Sports has launched special value packs of its Mobile ESPN feature. These include customised packages for regular updates on cricket, international soccer, English Premier League and sports news in voice and SMS ... More

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