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NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: New iPhone with better features
Offers longer battery life, voice control, video recording. Chennai, June 9 Apple has introduced a new version of iPhone. Apple claims the iPhone 3G S is “the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet”, with improved speed ...

OUTLOOK: Whirlpool to keep focus on lower-priced models
Sees 118% increase in net profit during 2008-09 on restructured strategy. Bangalore, June 9 White goods’ maker Whirlpool of India will invest Rs 320 crore over the next three years for product development and advertising, but will ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Airlines, travel companies woo students going abroad with sops
Packages include free talk-time, global Internet roaming. Mumbai, June 9 The recent attacks on Indian students in Australia could have raised the hackles of people back home but it does not seem to have impacted the trend when it comes to ...

STRATEGY: Tata Sky bets on value-added services to gain share
Chennai, June 9 Tata Sky will not enter the “price war” that is going on in the DTH industry now. It’s betting big on customer service, technology and the quality of its value-added ...

RETAILING: Panel moots ‘blanket ban’ on big ticket investment in retail
New Delhi, June 9 The Parliament Standing Committee on Commerce recommended a “blanket ban” on domestic corporate heavyweights and foreign retailers from entering into retail trade in areas such as grocery, fruits and ...

PERFORMANCE: May sales remain dull for commercial vehicles
Bangalore, June 9 The economy witnessing a minor recovery, following the stimulus package, has failed to help the commercial vehicles’ sector, which continued dismal sales performance in ...

BRANDING: IMax to partner Indian cos for brand promotion, marketing
Kolkata, June 9 Entertainment technology firm IMax is planning to enter into tie-ups by the end of the year with major Indian enterprises for joint brand promotion and marketing support in running theatres in ...

RETAILING: UK co-Mudra Group’s consultancy venture
Mumbai, June 9 Portland Design, UK, and Mudra Group are forging a 51:49 joint venture to set up a consultancy venture that targets retail, leisure and travel markets in ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Siddharth Milk Foods enters Kerala market
The Maharashtra-based Siddharth Milk Foods (I) Pvt Ltd, manufacturers and distributors of quality milk products, has ventured into the Kerala market with an array of milk based ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Wipro launches high-end office furniture range
With the organised furniture market set to grow by 30 per cent on its current base of Rs 1,200 crore, Wipro Furniture Business (part of Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting Group) has launched a furniture range called ‘Startline’ for ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: 9 new models from HMT Watches
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From Brand Line

RETAILING: The coming of Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart finally sets up its first store in India, promising benefits of price and convenience. The rest of retail India will watch with bated breath as it scales up.. The city of the Golden Temple, Amritsar, will go down in the history of ...

INTERVIEW: “All formats can co-exist harmoniously.”
Raj Jain, MD & CEO, Bharti Wal-Mart, tells BrandLine how they are striving to get it all right.. Raj Jain, Managing Director and CEO, Bharti-Wal-Mart Pvt Ltd, tells BrandLine about the logic behind the name of the cash-and-carry venture, and ...

BRANDING: Winners, losers and also-rans
Branding and marketing, rather than sport and team spirit, triumphed in this IPL.. It’s been a week since the spectacular IPL final and the not so spectacular closing ceremony. You don’t need to be very smart to know that Deccan ...

BRANDS: When simple isn’t easy
Shopping for an uncomplicated gadget is a pricey affair in a world colonised by gizmos that scramble to be all-in-one.. It all started with my five year-old phone. The Nokia still works. But friends had been finding it a statement of general ...

RETAILING: Welcome to India — We are like that only!
The 800-pound gorilla, the largest retailer of them all, Wal-Mart, is finally here. How will it shake up the market?. When Sam Walton opened his first store all those years ago, he had the luxury of being a pioneer and could afford to ...

ONLINE MARKETING: Going digital to sharpen focus
Tata Tea and now Lipton have taken their marketing efforts online.. Lipton has kicked off a digital marketing platform called ‘Stay Sharp’. What’s this all about? Is this a new ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Eye candy
Fastrack has launched the Sport Collection. The watches have large, bold dials in striking colour combinations. The sunglass collection is a mix of aviator-style frames along with styles designed in-house that use radical colours and ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Teak that!
Greenply has introduced readymade doors called Green Doors. They come in standard thickness ranging from 25 mm to 40 mm. The doors are developed from selected mature timber. They are available in the range of commercial ace, teak veneers ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Smooth, soothe
Philips has launched Satinelle Ice Premium Epilator. It is claimed to be the only epilator in the market with a click-on ice pack designed to deliver long-lasting gentle hair removal. The pack is meant to soothe the skin after hair is ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Year-round
Tunip Agro, which introduced Onjus, has launched Thandai. This traditional milk-based drink made with dry fruits is mainly associated with the festivals of Shivratri and Holi. It will be available throughout the year at all ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Right as rain
Bata has launched the Bata and I monsoon collection of shoes and bags in bright colours of pinks, reds, silver and gold. The collection comprises closed shoes, sandals, peep-toes and slip-ons. The footwear is priced Rs 299 onwards and the bags ...

BOOKS: Five Cs of creativity bookmark
Although many factors contribute to where great ideas come from, there are five precursors that appear to be the most effective at inspiring creative insight, says Andrew Razeghi in The Riddle: Where Ideas Come From and How to ...

BOOKS: Value-centred management
Question the tradition. That is the first step toward value-centred management, says Michael E. Parker in Who Said So? The questions revolutionary businesses ask that make them successful ( ...

BOOKS: Vocabulary of fools
Remove from your vocabulary such words and phrases as ‘quit, cannot, unable, impossible, out of the question, improbable, failure, unworkable, hopeless, and retreat,’ instructs Robert Nelson in The Greatest Sales ...






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