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ADVERTISING: Slowdown has ad agencies revisiting strategy
Will curtail expansion plans, redeploy staff. Ahmedabad, Oct. 20 As companies cut their marketing and promotion budgets on the face of a global economic slowdown, advertising agencies will have to rethink their strategies, revisit their budgets ...

RADIO/TV: BIG TV subscriber base crosses 5 lakh
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EVENTS: Trade show to woo tourists
Maison de la France’s (French Tourist office) annual trade show French Connection 2008, to attract tourists to the country, began in Mumbai on Monday. Mr Karim Mekhachera, Director, Maison de la France, said, “The Indian market ...

RETAILING: Trent unveils value format
Trent Ltd, the flagship retail arm of the Tata group, has announced the launch of its value format store ‘Fashion Yatra’. The first store was inaugurated on Monday by Ms Simone Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Trent Ltd, at Metro Junction ...

RETAILING: Future Group partners Axiom Telecom for mobile retail
Plans to operate in over 500 stores, set up service centres. New Delhi, Oct. 20 Future Group has joined hands with Axiom Telecom, a mobile retail company from West Asia, to form a joint venture company called Future Axiom ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Digjam to launch readymades for men, women
Pune, Oct. 20 Worsted suiting manufacturer Digjam Ltd has tied up with Scottish premium fabric manufacturer Holland and Sherry (H&S) to retail its products in ...

OUTLOOK: Credit squeeze unlikely to hit coffee offtake
illycaffe to source more beans. Bangalore, Oct. 20 illycaffe S.p.A, the world’s largest roaster of Espresso coffee, said the current economic crisis would have a marginal impact on consumption in markets such as the US and Europe. ...

RETAILING: Max Hypermarket plans expansion
Hyderabad, Oct. 20 Max Hypermarket India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of the Dubai-based Landmark Group and promoter of the Spar food retail chain, is looking at investing Rs 100 crore in developing supermarkets and hypermarkets in three ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Meridian Mobile unveils new range for festive season
Chennai, Oct. 20 Meridian Mobile has launched a new range of mobile handsets under the Fly brand for the festive season. The handsets, priced in the range of Rs 1,700 to Rs 11,000, include dual SIM series and music and entertainment ...

From Brand Line

RETAILING: Getting creative with retail
Advertising agencies set up specialist units to turn shoppers into buyers.. Turning shoppers into buyers is the new job at hand for advertising agencies which believe in steadily expanding their creative functions in the retail space. Recently ...

BRANDS: Brands in trouble
Some of the most iconic brands have taken a thorough beating with the recent meltdown in the global markets.. “Buildings age and become dilapidated. Machines wear out. Cars rust. People die. But what lives on are ...

INTERVIEW: ‘The 360{+o} concept died a while ago’
Mahesh Chauhan talks about the churn in the advertising industry.. It’s an early October morning and Chennai feels like it’s still at its sizzling worst. In the cool confines of a hotel’s roomy coffee shop, Mahesh Chauhan, ...

ADVERTISING: Controversy as an advertising tool
Sometimes it’s a deliberate tactic, and sometimes the consumers’ outrage is understandable.. Recent pieces of advertising have resorted to creating public controversy on purpose. Is this a way of reigning in the public mindset at low ...

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: I vs me – the customer service paradox
Customers’ expectations of service stem from their perception of the brand itself.. I have a split personality. I confess. On the one hand, I am a purveyor of customer service in my work life — I fondly hope I am a purveyor of good ...

BOOKS: Creative resurgence in China
A common notion about the Chinese is that they interpret messages and products quite literally, evaluating them in a rational manner, rather than relating to the emotions and symbolism in the communication, says a new book that studies ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Diamonds forever
Tanishq Jewellery of the Tata Group has launched a new collection for the festive season called Aleya. The collection is a mix of polki or uncut diamond and semi-precious stones such as rubies ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Vybe well
Titan Industries’ exclusive optical retail chain has announced the launch of accessories Vybes — a trendy new collection of eyewear for the youth. The collection comes in bold colours and sleek eye shapes. The company has ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Visual treat
ViewSonic Corporation, a global provider of visual display products, has launched portable DLPProjector PJD6210, encompassing the BrilliantColor Technology. The projector promises to provide greater colour accuracy with a four-segment ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Paint it gold
Nippon Paint has introduced a Gold paint collection with gold dust. The product range includes two varieties – gold paint acrylic emulsion and gold paint acrylic enamel. Both the varieties are available in one litre ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Cook it up
LG Electronics India has announced the launch of new models in the microwave ovens range. The prices for the new range of products — Solo, Grill and Convection, start at Rs 3,890, Rs 5,590 and Rs 9,990 respectively. Each model comes ...






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