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MARKETING NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Maruti plots CNG roadmap with Reliance, GAIL Bets on RIL find; feels ‘natural gas may be a better option’. Mumbai, May 13 Reliance Industries’ natural gas discovery from the D6 block of the Krishna-Godavari basin has been the best piece of news to the automotive industry. ... STRATEGY: Godrej may hike personal care product prices in Sept Mumbai, May 13 Godrej Consumer Products may consider a price hike in September following strong demand, especially from rural areas. Consumers were expecting a cut in prices after the sharp fall in various raw materials used in personal ... RETAILING: Retailers bank on loyalty to keep going Bangalore, May 13 As times turn tough, apparel retailers see and seek greater value in their ‘good old’ customers. Many retailers are sharpening focus on loyalty programmes as they believe it’s easier motivating ... SHOPPING: Traders chalking out strategy for Grand Kerala Shopping Festival A gathering of leading entrepreneurs, manufacturers and traders is being held at the Government Guest House, Ernakulam, on Thursday in a strategy-making session prior to the Third Grand Kerala Shopping Festival getting unde way later this ... STRATEGY: Sony to phase out CRT TVs; focus on LCDs After phasing out its cathode ray tube (CRT) television range, Sony India said it is focusing on LCD televisions to fuel its growth. The company hopes to garner a 30 per cent market share in the financial year 2009 in the ... PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: ‘Jet2Kerala’ holiday package Kerala Tourism and Jet Airways have formally announced the launch of ‘Jet2Kerala’, which bundles holiday packages to Kerala with discounted tickets on Jet ...
DIRECT MARKETING: Direct selling on the go While organised retail is slowing down, the direct selling industry is gung ho about its prospects. BrandLine does a reality check on its optimism.. This business has the uncanny ability to bump into you in the most unlikely places. Often it is ... INTERVIEW: ‘The importance here is to cut out unnecessary middlemen’ Michael Bergdahl, author and Wal-Mart director, says that if small retailers in India cannot buy stock directly from the source, their next best bet would be wholesalers.. Michael ‘Bird Dawg,’ Bergdahl has perhaps penned one of the ... BRANDS: Top brands, top trends A recent ranking of the world’s 100 most valuable brands throws up some interesting insights.. The headline buzz in this year’s Millward Brown report on the 100 most valuable global brands belongs to a relatively new brand which is ... STRATEGY: Indiagenous ingenuity Why does jugaad – resourcefulness, inventiveness - not manifest itself at an organisational level?. A couple of years ago, I was giving a lecture on innovation in New Zealand when my presentation went blank. On examination, I found that ... NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Nifty device LG Electronics has launched a new palm-size pocket projector, the HS102G. Targeting both the business and home consumers, it is among the smallest projectors available in a dimension of 15.4 x 11.7 x 5 cm and weighs 780 gm. The projector ...
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