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ONLINE MARKETING: Tanishq brings bling-bling online
E-JEWELLERY NOW. Chennai, Dec.16 Tanishq is exploring a whole new realm in jewellery marketing – the virtual world of the ...

STRATEGY: Vadilal Group to expand to N-E, set up plant in Kolkata
Plans to step up daily milk procurement. Ahmedabad, Dec. 16 The Vadilal Group, one of India’s oldest and largest ice cream makers, is expanding its manufacturing and marketing network to the eastern and north-eastern States and is setting ...

TRENDS: MS India sales ‘impacted’
Bangalore, Dec. 16 Microsoft said its sales in India have been impacted as large customers postpone their buying decisions in a slowing economy, but the software giant is confident of achieving the targeted billion dollar revenues ...

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES: Menswear brand Cornerstone to retail via franchise route
Ahmedabad, Dec. 16 The Hyderabad-based ZeroStock Retail Pvt Ltd said it would retail its premium menswear brand Cornerstone via the franchise route in ...

ADVERTISING: Ad club office-bearers appointed
Hyderabad, Dec. 16 Mr K. Satyanarayana of Mindshare and Mr P.K. Sahgal of Lowe Lintas were elected President and Secretary respectively of the Advertising Club (ADEX Club), Hyderabad for ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Fiat postpones Linea launch
Fiat postponed the launch of its midsize sedan Linea on account of terror attacks in Mumbai. The first batch of Linea was rolled out from the Ranjangaon plant in November and the car was scheduled to be launched mid-December. “We were ...

From Brand Line

ADVERTISING: Is the picture dimming?
Advertising on TV may be hit due to the slowdown but the FMCG sector could well be its insurance.. As the slowdown takes its toll on most industries, it is now going to be the turn of the broadcasting industry to face the blues. The ad ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Indian cos have to spend to defend themselves’
David Haigh, CEO of Brand Finance, says Indian firms can take advantage of the downturn to spend more to reinforce their position.. David Haigh, the CEO of Brand Finance Plc, was in India recently from the UK to evangelise what he has been doing ...

ADVERTISING: Small sceptics
Children are no fools, and exhibit some healthy cynicism when it comes to advertising that seems to make tall claims.. I was watching some TV programmes with a bunch of kids and their comments during a commercial break prompted me to ask them a ...

BOOKS: Fear-based sales relationship is dysfunctional
What would you call ‘the process of helping clients succeed in a way they feel good about’? It’s ‘sales,’ say Mahan Khalsa and Randy Illig in Let’s Get Real or Let’s Not Play: Transforming ...

INTERVIEW: ‘The Indian market has adopted advocacy faster than many others’
Jack Leslie, Chairman of PR major Weber Shandwick, in conversation with BrandLine.. Jack Leslie, the Chairman of Weber Shandwick, one of the world’s major public relations agencies, was in India last month to speak at the World Economic ...

BRANDS: Three brands and a disaster
After the mayhem of November 26, our columnist examines the appeal of the two hotels that took centre-stage and the city that houses them.. The 26/11 terrorist attack on Mumbai basically involved three brands and a disaster. I live very close to ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Hot stuff
Padmini Essentia has launched a stainless steel instant gas geyser brand named ‘Magic’. Its response time is claimed to be comparable with that of an expensive instant geyser. In less than 10 seconds, there is flowing hot water ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: World tour
Funskool India Ltd’s latest offering for kids is the Global Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition, featuring the greatest cities from around the world. It is available in an electronic version and a non-electronic version priced at ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Office chic
LG Electronics has launched its new commercial air-conditioner range, Cassette AC – Highlander. The ACs are claimed to have a unique individual four-way airflow control specially designed to control the angle of each vane and the ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Minty aid
Dabur India has announced the extension of its Hajmola digestive range with the launch of a new variant – Hajmola Pudina. The new Pudina variant comes after the success of Hajmola’s regular, imli (tamarind) and ...






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