The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 11, 2005

WorldSpace strikes a chord with discerning listeners
IT is not aimed at the mass market in India but for those discerning music lovers who want their uninterrupted dose of jazz, rock, Indian classical music or old Hindi film songs. Worldspace Satellite Radio, which launched its services in Mumbai ... More

RETAILING

Sara Lee Apparel to grow retail presence
Sara Lee Apparel (India) Ltd, which entered the country a year ago with its Hanes ComfortWear for men, intends to ramp up its retail presence. From the current 2,500 retailers the company plans to increase its reach to 4,000 retail outlets in ... More

Tata Tele plans 700 more True Value outlets in Karnataka
TATA Teleservices Ltd is planning to add 700 `True Value' outlets across Karnataka by the end of 2005. Mr Prabhat Pani, Chief Operating Officer, Tata Teleservices, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, told this to newspersons after inaugurating the ... More

MRF showroom opened at Santipuram
VISAKHAPATNAM: MRF plans to open ten more showrooms by the end of September in the coastal districts to increase its market share and improve service to customers, according to Mr. K. Ashok, district manager. He was speaking here at ... More

PIRACY

Govt urged to enforce barcoding
GS1 India, the international standards body, has urged the Ministry of Food Processing Industries to stipulate the use of barcodes in the Draft National Excise Policy. Elaborating on the need for barcodes for the benefit of both the State and ... More

PEOPLE

Jamie Davis to head ESPN-Star Sports
THE Board of Directors of ESPN-Star Sports has appointed Mr Jamie Davis as the company's next Managing Director with effect from September 1, 2005. Mr Davis was till recently the President of Star China and succeeds Mr Rik Dovey who has put in ... More

New Ford India V-P Marketing
CHENNAI: Mr V. Sivaramakrishnan has taken over as the Vice-President - Marketing, Sales and Service of Ford India. He was earlier General Manager, Sales and Distribution Launch Leader, and takes over from Mr Vinay Piparsania, who has ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

NR group gets a whiff of perfume, deo biz
RIPPLE Fragrances, part of the Mysore-based NR group that manufactures the Cycle brand of agarbathis, has launched a line of perfumes and deodorants called DNA. Speaking to Business Line here, Mr Kiran Ranga, Head, Ripple ... More

Dabur extends brand Honitus to lozenges
DABUR India Ltd on Wednesday announced the extension of its `Honitus' brand of cough syrup, with the launch of a `cough drop' in the same name. With this, Dabur would mark its entry into the large size lozenges segment within the cough and cold ... More

ITC Foods forays into cookies, crackers segments
EXPANDING its spread of offerings, ITC's Foods Division today diversified into two new segments in the biscuits market with the launch of Sunfeast Golden Bakes & Sunfeast Snacky. The 3 Golden Bakes variants along with 2 snacky variants to the ... More

Symbol launches digital assistant, bar code scanner
SYMBOL Technologies today launched its entry-level enterprise digital assistant (EDA) and a bar code scanner in the Indian market, targeted at retail, transport and logistics, manufacturing, and warehousing verticals. Priced at about $700, the ... More

Radico to launch new brand of brandy in Kerala market
KOCHI: Liquor major Radico Khaitan Ltd is planning to launch its Cambridge brandy in the Kerala market soon. It is a pure grape brandy and is being launched in the regular segment, said Mr Raju Vaziraney, President (Sales and ... More

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