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TRENDS: Nano gets over 2 lakh bookings
Mumbai, May 4 The Tata Nano has drawn 2.03 lakh bookings valued at nearly Rs 2,500 crore, according to a Tata Motors release issued here on ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: LG launches premium LCD model
LG Electronics India hopes to capture 35 per cent of the flat panel market with an enhanced version of its premium LCD range — ‘Scarlet 2.0’. Available in TruMotion 100Hz full high definition format in 47”, 42” ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Durapuf develops import substitute
Ahmedabad, May 4 Durapuf (Silvassa) Pvt Ltd, which has developed an import substitute material used in petrochemicals industry to clean the pipes, is targeting a turnover of Rs 550 crore this ...

STRATEGY: Anns enters masala, cereal biz
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EVENTS: Celebrations at BIG 92.7 FM
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From Brand Line

BRANDS: Break-out brands
Successful and established brands are breaking out of their golden cages, and adding fashionable new dimensions to themselves. Why, and how?. Before the Swift, Maruti Suzuki was a middle-class, trusted brand of cars. After Swift, Maruti Suzuki ...

OUTLOOK: ‘The pen business is not dead’
Montblanc’s Handke says the fountain pen will always be special and the company will never give it up.. Montblanc’s Karl-Heinz Handke is very touchy about pens. He believes the love letter must not be written with anything other ...

BRANDS: Gateway to a new brand
The hotel major wants its new business-class set of hotels to be unencumbered by the Taj connection.. Last September, a regular visitor to the Taj Garden Retreat hotel in the salubrious climes of Coonoor in the Nilgiri mountains would have been ...

STRATEGY: Coming out of its shell
Kerala’s Cashew Development Corporation’s move to make profits by launching value-added products pays off.. After more than 70 years of selling cashew kernel in bulk in the domestic and overseas markets, Kerala State Cashew ...

BOOKS: Where Sachin is still 16 years old
This is not a book for those who are allergic to cricket – If Cricket Is a Religion, Sachin is God, by Vijay Santhanam and Shyam Balasubramanian (

BOOKS: Manage your time equity
During valuable selling hours, you must organise yourself to maximise face-time or talk-time, advises Tim Breithaupt in 10 Steps to Sales Success ( www.macmillanindia.com). ...

BOOKS: Excellent service
Here is a simple activity to engineer discussion around products and services, as Mark Barnes explains in Serious Fun: Adding Buzz to Meeting, Training and Communications (Westland). Write the title ‘Excellent Service’ as ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Handy gizmo
Optoma has launched the Optoma Pico PK101, a pocket projector. The latest LED technology, Optoma’s projector expertise, and Texas Instruments DLP chip technology (used in business and home cinema projectors the world over), come together ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Eye candy
Titan Eye+, the exclusive optical retail chain from Titan Industries, has launched ‘Cabana’, a range of casually corporate unisex eyewear. Global eyewear trends such as double temples, textured temples and cutaways have been ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Gold standard
Tanishq has launched the world’s smallest Bhagwad Gita, in the form of a 1 sq. cm. pendant with the entire 18 chapters of Gita inscribed in 24k gold. The inscribed verses can be seen under a 20 x microscope and can be read under a 200 ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Very berry
Asta Berry has launched its Shiny Sheers Glossy lip colours. Enriched with Vitamin E, they claim to impart a smooth satin and colour-rich look available in various shades of pink, red and brown. They are priced at Rs 65 and available at all ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: De-stress
Tempur has introduced pressure-relieving seat cushions to enable people working on desks and computers for long hours to do so without stressing the spine. They are available at all Springwell stores ranging from Rs 7,000 to Rs 10,000 and carry ...






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