The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 03, 2006

Mudra to handle Godrej soap, talc
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd has appointed Mudra to handle the creative duties for its two recently launched brands — Godrej No.1 lavender soap and Godrej No.1 talc. Mudra also handles other GCPL products such as toilet ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

SilkAir holiday fares
SilkAir has introduced special `summer holiday' fares for travel in March on its flights from Thiruvananthapuram to Singapore. The special return fare for the airline's Thiruvananthapuram-Singapore flight on Fridays is Rs ... More

Malaysia hopes to woo 3.5 lakh Indian visitors
Tourism Malaysia has kicked off a Rs 12-crore campaign in India as part of the country's 50th year of independence. The promotion campaign is expected to attract an estimated 3,50,000 Indians to Malaysia in 2007 when the celebrations kick off, ... More

Cultural fest for Henkel dealers
Henkel India Ltd organised a cultural extravaganza for its dealers and distributors in the State, where Henkel's flagship brand Mr White enjoys the reputation of a leading detergent brand in the mid-range detergent powder ... More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES

Bajaj Allianz ties up with UAE Exchange
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd has entered into a strategic tie up with UAE Exchange and Financial Services Ltd to distribute life insurance products and services across the country. Addressing a joint press conference here, Mr Sam ... More

RETAILING

Fresh & Honest makes retail foray
Fresh and Honest Café, the Sterling Infotech-owned company that runs a chain of coffee vending machines across the country, has made its first entrance into the retail market with its own brand of coffee powder, `Alive!' which is a 70-30 mix of ... More

FC2 Lifestyle plans home décor chain
New-Delhi based FC2 Lifestyle Pvt Ltd plans to set up 35-40 stores for home decoration products across the country in about two-and-a-half years. The company would invest Rs 20 crore, part of which would be financed through debt and the rest ... More

Lifestyle opens another store in Chennai
Lifestyle International, the retail chain of stores owned by Landmark Group, inaugurated its new store at the Chennai Citi Centre here on Thursday. Mr G. Sankar, Managing Director, Lifestyle, said at a press conference that the 75,000 sq ft ... More

BRANDS

Branded seafood may turn affordable
Poultry too may gain from Budget proposals More

TRENDS

Cement majors post increase in sales
Cement majors have reported a substantial year-on-year increase in volume sales for the month of February. The Associated Cement Companies reported a 11.8 per cent increase in sales at 15.34 lakh tonnes ... More

Bajaj 2, 3-wheeler sales up 30% in Feb
Bajaj Auto Ltd has reported a 30-per cent increase in total sale of two and three-wheelers for February, to 2,05,776 units from the previous corresponding 1,58,129 units. Sale of 2-wheelers was up 29 per cent at 1,79,880 units ... More

Tata Motors sales up 22%
Tata Motors on Thursday reported a 22 per cent increase in total sale of vehicles (including exports) for February 2006 to 45,114 units from the previous corresponding 36,977 units. Domestic sale of commercial vehicles moved up by 30 per cent ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

`Mitticool' and more...
Think out-of-the-box. Think of the improbable. Think of a scenario where cars could run on water, refrigerators would be made of clay and washing machines powered by energy generated by human labour. Bizarre, you may think. But when one ... More

Virtually big
RENT A MOVIE: Actress and singer Vasundhara Das and Mr Raghav Kher, Founder, SeventyMM, at the launch of India's first online movie rental service `Seventymm' in Bangalore on Thursday. ... More

Siti Channel sports new look
SITI Channel, Asia's first cable channel to turn satellite channel, is targeting both youth & family audience with a new look. SITI Channel was launched after consolidating with the independent cable operators in 1994. ... More

Brand Quest

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