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TRENDS: Passenger car sales skid in Aug, two-wheelers race ahead
New Delhi, Sept. 11 The domestic passenger car market shifted gears to a declining sales route in August from the sluggish growth path in the previous months. Car sales recorded a 4 per cent dip for first time in the current fiscal. Apart from ...

PEOPLE: IDSA’s new Secretary-General
The Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA), a body governing 16 direct selling companies in India, has announced the appointment of Ms Chavi Hemanth as its new Secretary-General. Ms Chavi has over 15 years of cross functional experience in ...

RETAILING: Phoenix Market City coming up in Bangalore
Bangalore, Sept. 11 Phoenix Mills Ltd has announced its first mixed-use retail-led destination in Bangalore, Phoenix Market City, to be located at Whitefield, at an investment of Rs 645 crore. ...

BRANDS: Indian Hotels to launch new category
Indian Hotels Company Ltd plans to introduce an upper upscale category in its offering of hotels in the future. This segment of hotels will be placed between Taj's luxury properties and the new all-new profiled Gateway brand, launched on ...

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES: Tech norms for city gas network to be released shortly
New Delhi, Sept. 11 The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is going to release the technical specifications shortly to facilitate the bidding process for city gas distribution (CGD) ...

STRATEGY: ESS pays $975 m for Champions League Twenty20 rights
New Delhi, Sept. 11 The international version of the Indian Premier League — the Champions League Twenty20 — has become the highest value cricket tournament on a per game basis. With a bid of $975 million (including a $75 million ...

STRATEGY: Sun Direct to invest Rs 150 cr, forays into Gujarat
Ahmedabad, Sept 11 The Chennai-based DTH service provider Sun Direct plans to invest nearly Rs 150 crore and reach out to 30 lakh subscribers by the end of this financial year, its Chief Operating Operator (COO), Mr Tony D’Silva, said. ...

STRATEGY: Usha Brita upgrades water purifier
Kolkata, Sept 11 Usha Brita, a 50:50 joint venture between Usha Shriram (of the Shriram Group) and Brita GmbH of Germany, has upgraded its Waterguard Storage Water Purifier with the German-Boiling (G-boiling) technology, according to Mr ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Nokia N96 for Rs 34,999
New Delhi, Sept. 11 Nokia’s response to the iPhone — the N96 — has been launched in India for Rs 34, 999. ...

RETAILING: TI Cycles to invest Rs 30 cr for retail expansion
Hyderabad, Sept. 11 TI Cycles of India, part of the Murugappa Group, as part of its retail expansion plan intends to open 120 exclusive stores across the country by March ...

From Brand Line

RETAILING: Up to the Marks
After being operated on a franchise model, Marks & Spencer begins its stint as a joint venture with Reliance.. Mark Ashman, the new CEO of Marks & Spencer Reliance India, carries the same name as the company he has been serving for the ...

ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Helping small businesses grow
GreenMango attempts to level the playing field for poor entrepreneurs to compete with local businesses.. As a young girl growing up in the Philippines, Yasmina McCarty would buy and eat a lot of green mangoes from a vendor named Malou. “She ...

BRANDS: Sale is king!
Sales are a test of a brand’s mettle. Read on to discover how.. An unlikely hero, Akshay Kumar’s film Singh is Kinng has broken all box office records in India and abroad. I am no expert on Bollywood or the Hindi ...

ADVERTISING: A colossal endeavour
Emami Group’s most expensive ad campaign reflects the juggernaut of daily life.. hakka duniya ka ghoome sadhu sant bole, saare bole — aadmi machine bana haule haule (The wheel of life keeps rotating, so say the ...

BRANDING: Stretching the ‘rubber brand’
Marketers need to be selective while extending the existing brand equity to different products and services.. The mention of a brand name almost always evokes images that have long since been associated with it. For example, Lux with ...

ADVERTISING: String advertising
Marketers run series of advertisements built around a common theme to keep consumers engaged.. If you are to identify one big trend in modern Indian advertising as of today, what is ...

ADVERTISING: IAA flags of public service
The India Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) is really moving. We reported some time ago that it is gearing up to launch a truly national public service effort along with TERI (headed by Dr. R. K. Pachauri). The effort ...

BOOKS: Lessons in radical contradictions bookmark
Some 400 demonstration models made available for journalists compared to the usual 30, advertisements in 37 national and sports daily newspapers, 311 television spots, 600 radio spots, 4,300 billboards, and Web site banners. This was how, in ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Air care
Henkel India Ltd has launched its latest range of air fresheners for both cars and homes. Room fresheners are available in two forms – aerosol sprays (five fragrances) and gel-based air fresheners (four fragrances), priced at Rs 100 ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Health therapy
Ayush, the health and wellness brand of Hindustan Unilever, has launched Rakshak Rasayana, which contains natural nutrients such as amla, carrot, spinach, apple and orange that are important sources of antioxidants and ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Master aid
Regenix Drugs has unveiled a new and an-all-inclusive range of nine first aid kits called the EMER-AID Master Kit. Priced at Rs 500, the kit includes a medium injury care kit, stop bleeding kit, burn care kit, eye care kit, gauze dressing ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Strong pearl
Emami has launched Pudina Strong, a consumer healthcare product which to relieve stomach ache and other indigestion problems. Priced at Rs.10 per strip of 10 pearls, Pudina Strong will be available in ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Fruit touch
CavinKare has launched new Chik Satin shampoo with fruit extracts and active conditioners. Available in three premium variants of papaya, strawberry, green apple in pack sizes of 400 ml, 200 ml, 100 ml, 40 ml, 25 ml and 7 ml sachets, they ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Silk and smooth
Oriflame has launched a new range of products including body lotion, roll-on deodorant, ladies’ razors and blades, shaving gel and an after depilation soothing lotion. These products are priced at Rs 449, Rs 159, Rs 349 and Rs 298, Rs ...






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