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TRENDS: Are LPG variant cars losing cost advantage?
LUKEWARM OFFTAKE. New Delhi, Sept. 16 Car makers’ efforts to boost the sale of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) variants may just become more challenging, with the LPG price rising nearly in the same proportion as that of petrol. Auto ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Marketing schemes of car makers don’t make the cut this year
High interest rates, inflation hit such initiatives. Car makers are finding that marketing schemes — the magic wand that could turn around their sales last year — are proving to be of limited benefit this ...

RETAILING: Retail industry looks forward to better returns
Food & grocery continues to be most challenging format. Mumbai, Sept. 16 Having negotiated the learning curve over the last decade, the retail industry is now expecting better returns on capital employed, said Mr Kishore Biyani, Group Chief ...

ADVERTISING: Mobile ads grab more slots on TV
Chennai, Sept. 16 With the number of wireless subscribers touching the 300-million mark (according to recent Telecom Regulatory Authority of India data, the total cellular use base is about 286.86 million in the country), mobile ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: i-mint makes an entry into Coimbatore
Coimbatore, Sept. 16 Loyalty Solutions and Research Ltd (LSRL), ICICI Venture’s network company that provides customer rewards programme under the brand name ‘i-mint’, has made a formal entry into Coimbatore with over 70 ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Prepaid BlackBerry services from RCom
Reliance Communications and Research In Motion (RIM) on Tuesday announced the launch of the country’s first prepaid service for the BlackBerry wireless solution. “This first of its kind ‘pay as you use’ pricing model ...

OUTLOOK: Mahindra not to commercialise gas-run tractors for now
Lack of LPG/CNG filling stations seen as the reason. Mumbai, Sept 16 Although the company has developed CNG and LPG-run tractors, Mahindra Farm Equipment Sector, the largest tractor maker in the country, does not have immediate plans to ...

STRATEGY: INX Media eyes 18 more channels by 2011
Chennai, Sept. 16 INX Media, which has launched three television channels over the last year, is eyeing the launch of 18 more, spanning news, entertainment, music and niche subjects of interest, by ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Singapore Airlines gives Hyderabad customers festive discounts
Hyderabad, Sept. 16 Singapore Airlines on Tuesday announced exclusive offers for its customers in ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Intel processor launch
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PEOPLE: ABC elects new management council
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PEOPLE: Ajai Jhala is BBDO India’s CEO
New Delhi, Sept. 16 BBDO India has appointed Mr Ajai Jhala as its Chief Executive Officer ...

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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