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PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Fewer tourists, more sops
Airlines, hotels tie up to roll out red carpet. New Delhi, Feb. 18 With foreign tourist arrivals during January this year declining by over 100,000 as compared with the previous year, leading airlines and hotel chains have come together to woo ...

ADVERTISING: Will IPL have its way with ad rates?
SLOWDOWN BLUES. Mumbai, Feb. 18 Exercising caution in times of downturn, advertisers are wary about loosening their purse strings for IPL Season ...

STRATEGY: Marketing in a slowdown
The bold ones say they will not cut ad spend, the conservative ones say they will wait and watch, but all are agreed that a downturn calls for swifter and more efficient marketing tactics.. You could call it a sense of déjÀ vu. In late ...

BRANDING: Brands need to ...
First, continue sensible investments in brand marketing. A strong brand can best weather an ...

STRATEGY: ‘Solutions will drive Nokia consumption’
D. Shivakumar, VP and MD, Nokia India, says good innovation benefits the consumer, the ecosystem and the manufacturer.. The mobile phone is all poised to take the world by storm, believes D. Shivakumar, Vice-President and Managing Director, ...

OUTLOOK: Taking advantage of the downturn
Companies that continued to spend money on marketing despite a slowdown have grown.. We are seeing pretty bad times these days and we may see worse before it all gets better. So what are companies doing today? What should they be doing? What ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: SatNav to launch online products, on-call service next month
Hyderabad, Feb. 18 SatNav Technologies is exploring opportunities to launch products in the online segment and also start an on-call service by end of ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Taurus unveils Shariah-compliant fund
Tata, Religare file offer documents for open-ended funds. Mumbai, Feb. 18 Taurus Mutual Fund has announced the launch of a Shariah-compliant fund ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Sun Micro releases JavaFX for mobile devices
Hyderabad, Feb. 18 The release of JavaFX Mobile platform marked the first day of Sun Tech Days 2009, the Indian leg of Sun Microsystems’ annual worldwide developer conference being held ...

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ADVERTISING: Marketing in a slowdown
The bold ones say they will not cut ad spend, the conservative ones say they will wait and watch, but all are agreed that a downturn calls for swifter and more efficient marketing tactics.. You could call it a sense of déjÀ vu. In late ...

BRANDING: ‘An opportunity in reverse’
Prioritise needs, explore consumer segments deeper. Santosh Desai, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Futurebrands, calls the slowdown “an opportunity in reverse”. “For No 2 and 3 brands, it’s a great ...

BRANDS: Brands need to ...
First, continue sensible investments in brand marketing. A strong brand can best weather an ...

STRATEGY: Fuelling growth
Organisations can grow even as individual businesses plateau or wither. Read on to see how the momentum can be maintained.. Ved (not his real name), CEO of a US-based multinational company, was contemplating the rapid growth of his company with ...

BOOKS: A 360-degree view of customer bookmark
Liberal trends abroad have begun to reach the Indian soil, and as a result the debate over obscenity and pornography has intensified, writes Girja Kumar in Censorship in India: Studies in Fundamentalism, Obscenity and Law ...

BOOKS: Who is a celebrity?
Celebrity culture is a very visible, significant and commercially viable component of a society’s public culture today, says Pramod K. Nayar in Seeing Stars: Spectacle, Society and Celebrity Culture ( ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Solutions will drive Nokia consumption’
D. Shivakumar, VP and MD, Nokia India, says good innovation benefits the consumer, the ecosystem and the manufacturer.. The mobile phone is all poised to take the world by storm, believes D. Shivakumar, Vice-President and Managing Director, ...

ADVERTISING: Taking advantage of the downturn
Companies that continued to spend money on marketing despite a slowdown have grown.. We are seeing pretty bad times these days and we may see worse before it all gets better. So what are companies doing today? What should they be doing? What ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Smarter Bose
Bose has introduced a new and enhanced 3•2•1 series of DVD home entertainment systems. The 3•2•1, 3•2•1 GS and 3•2•1 GSX Series III systems will include an HDMI output for simple HDMI ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Glide shaving
Glide, a range of personal care products manufactured by the US-based American Safety Razor, has launched a glycerin-based shaving cream in the Indian market. The product will be distributed in the country by Radiohms Agency. Available in ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: For your eyes
The Himalaya Drug Company has launched an under eye cream containing a blend of herb actives that are specially created to care for the area around the eyes and prevent the formation of under eye dark circles. Available in a pack of 15 ml, ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Get floored
Vista, the brand of Alps Industries, has launched its collection of hardwood floorings in 9.5mm. The new range, which is a collection from Brazil, includes Jatoba, Taurai, Cumaru, Muiracatiara, Sucupira and Angelina Pedra. The floorings ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Kiss and tell
Revlon is re-launching its Velvet Touch lipstick in new packaging. It has 16 new shades with an upgraded formula. The shades include Wicked Chocolate, Hot Café, Matte Brownie, Roasted Coffee, Choco Berry and Royal Burgundy. Each ...






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