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MARKETING PERFORMANCE: Maruti, Hero Honda post higher sales in June Lower interest rates, buoyant rural market the drivers. Mumbai, July 1 June was a heady month for Maruti-Suzuki and Hero Honda in the car and two-wheeler segments as they consolidated their leadership positions. Factors such as lower interest ... STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS: DD may go digital, open up for pvt broadcasters AIM FOR QUALITY. Along with the television antennas sticking out from millions of roof tops across the country, DD’s TV audiences could soon need set-top ... RETAILING: Koutons keen to open more family stores Posts marginal rise in Q4 net. New Delhi, July 1 Apparel retailer Koutons Retail has said it is keen on opening more family stores where clothing lines co-exist with accessories and footwear. The company is focusing on converting its existing ... MARKET SHARES: Bisleri to add capacity with 25 new bottling plants Plans Rs 50-cr investment; expects 40% growth in sales. Mumbai, July 1 The Mumbai-based Bisleri International is investing Rs 50 crore in setting up an additional 25 bottling plants across the country in a span of three ... RETAILING: Ampa Mall promoters plan to dilute stake in venture Anchor tenants will be Tata’s Star Bazaar, Westside, Landmark. Chennai, July 1 The promoters of the soon-to-be-launched integrated shopping mall ‘Ampa Mall’ in Chennai, Ampa Housing Development Pvt Ltd, is planning to hive off ... STRATEGY: CavinKare forays into restaurant biz with Puducherry outlet More outlets in tier-I and II cities soon. Chennai, July 1 The Chennai-based FMCG major CavinKare has forayed into the restaurant business under the brand ‘CK’s Foodstaurant’. It opened its first outlet in Puducherry ... NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Samsung launches new channel for sales Hyderabad, July 1 Samsung, a leading consumer electronics products company, has opened a new channel for sales by opening its first ‘IT brandshop’ here on ... STRATEGY: Titan to set up ‘exclusive sales counters’ for Sonata Chennai, July 1 In a bid to expand its retail network, wrist watch brand ‘Sonata’, Titan Industries Ltd is setting up ‘exclusive sales counters’ at both traditional and non-traditional ... NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: H.R. Johnson sets up floor tile plant at Rajkot New Delhi, July 1 Aimed at becoming a total kitchen and bathroom service provider, H.R. Johnson Ltd is setting up a floor tile plant at Rajkot in Gujarat with an estimated investment of Rs ...
INTERVIEW: ‘A banner year for Pepsi’ PepsiCo India’s Chairman Sanjeev Chadha and Managing Director Gautham Mukkavilli on summer launches, competition and what’s brewing for the future.... Sanjeev Chadha, Chairman, PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd, is quite excited about a ... RETAILING: On a quest for ‘value’ Food & grocery retailers take a leaf out of the kirana model to stick it out in recessionary times.. Making heavy investments ahead of time is proving to be expensive for food and grocery ... ADVERTISING: Finally, it’s all about ideas Bold ideas make Cannes the inspiration hub for those interested in the unknown.. Cannes Lions 2009 is over. The awards have been won. Glory has been got. Fame has been achieved. The discussion and debates are done. The bells and whistles have ... PEOPLE: A brand in public life As Nandan Nilekani takes up his assignment with the Government, our columnist recounts the many positive qualities that this Infosys leader brings to his new role.. One of the most profound statements that I have heard in recent times is by ... INSIGHT: Identity crisis Shifting cities throws up a whole range of complications – from banking account and mobile phone hassles to address proof problems.. Don’t let the title fool you – I know who I am. The crisis I am facing is persuading the world ... STRATEGY: Tapping the social web There are enough instances to show why marketers must tap into social networks.. As the Indian population increasingly turns to the Internet for news, sports, shopping and more – whether via the laptop or the 3G-capable handset —one ... BRANDS: All for brand chatter Harnessing the growing power of customer ‘expression’.. The challenges of brand building continue to multiply exponentially. Consumer behaviours are changing drastically making marketers revisit and reconsider the standard tenets of ... EVENTS: Cannes PR be far behind? Public relations made its debut at the annual ad fest, giving away 15 PR Lions for the first time.. Eight thousand people usually trek to Cannes every year to attend the Cannes International Advertising Festival. Although this 56th year saw ... BOOKS: When branding runs aground Branding has become a subject in marketing that has been turned from a molehill into a mountain, rues Jack Trout in In Search of the Obvious (Westland). The subject of branding has spread from products to rock groups, movie stars, and ... NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Tress treat Kérastase, the French luxury hair care brand from L’Oréal, beats the monsoon blues with an offer. Indulge in a relaxing ritual and receive a complimentary trendy Kérastase umbrella worth Rs ...
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