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MARKET SHARES: LIC clocks 60% growth in fresh biz premiums in July
Private players 11% in negative. Mumbai, Sept. 4 Are private sector life insurance companies losing steam in garnering new business vis-a-vis their State-owned rival? The insurance regulator’s data seem to suggest ...

INSIGHT: Bottom-of-pyramid strategies: Churn under way
Chennai, Sept. 4 Three popular FMCG sachets (New Clinic Plus shampoo, Bru instant coffee and Fair and Lovely Total Fairness cream – priced at Rs 1, 3 and 7, respectively) do not contain weight/volume ...

MARKETING RESEARCH: New tool for opinion research
The Chennai-based Kaybase, a business consulting firm, and Microhouse, a software firm, have joined hands to launch McKay, a suite of mobile-based technology products. McKay has been deployed for large-scale opinion research data collection ...

STRATEGY: Lingerie maker Triumphs despite higher prices
Chennai, Sept. 4 When lingerie-maker Triumph entered India in 2002, its innerwear was priced between Rs 100 and Rs 450. In a couple of years from now, however, a consumer here can pay Rs 5,000 for a piece of lingerie ...

OUTLOOK: Canon hopes to see more business from non-metros
Canon India Pvt Ltd expects 70 per cent of its camera and printer business to come from non-metro towns in two years as a result of widespread expansion in tier-II and tier-III markets, according to its Senior Vice-President, Mr Alok ...

OUTLOOK: East West Ethnic Foods in talks for expansion
Bangalore, Sept. 4 East West Ethnic Foods Pvt Ltd that owns the quick service restaurant chain Kaati Zone is in talks with several venture capital firms to raise Rs 15 crore for its expansion ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Custom-made
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PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Goa handicrafts body draws up promotional plans
Panaji, Sept. 4 Goa Handicrafts, Rural and Small Scale Industries Development Corporation Ltd will introduce bar coding to promote the State’s ...

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES: Audi to set up five more showrooms
Mumbai, Sept. 4 Audi India is set to open five more showrooms by the end of this calendar year – in Delhi, Chennai, Ludhiana, Kolkata and Mumbai (the second), said Mr Benoit Tiers, Managing ...

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Adlabs to be renamed Reliance MediaWorks
The Anil Ambani-promoted Adlabs will be renamed Reliance MediaWorks Ltd to reflect its identity as a diversified film and media ...

From Brand Line

BRANDS: Serving up an Ace
The success of Tata Motors’ mini-truck Ace has redefined the segment in which it operates.. Four years ago, when Tata Motors launched the Ace, the mood at the ceremony had been one of curiosity. The product in question was a mini-truck; ...

PACKAGING: Packaged in history
Vimal Kedia’s products and packaging museum in Bangalore can fill one with a deep sense of nostalgia of how things were.. Who would ever think that an aluminium tiffin carrier or a tin of baby food would be a collector’s item ...

INTERVIEW: “The idea of a brand is different from branding”
Kiran Khalap of chlorophyll on the consultancy’s 10-year-journey. On the eve of celebrating its 10 years, chlorophyll, the brand and communications consultancy, recently launched an online corporate brand alignment tool - litmosi, ...

BRANDS: Why is my favourite brand going downhill?
Jet Airways, which stood for smart and courteous service, now seems to have hit an air-pocket.. I have always been a great admirer of Jet Airways. I have had nothing but praise for this company that to me and several others epitomises ...

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: Enemy of our own making
Businesses have only themselves to blame for creating a disillusioned lot of customers.. Two-time Pulitzer prize-winning historian Barbara Tuchman starts her book The March of Folly by firing off a series of questions. Each of these questions ...

BOOKS: Marketing cuts in turbulence
When the time comes to make cuts, marketing always seems to get the first swipe, and new product development the second, find Philip Kotler and John A. Caslione. The authors rue that such a response is always a mistake because it destroys ...

BOOKS: Formula preparation
In My Story (www.harpercollins.co.uk), Lewis Hamilton captures the details of plant visits as part of his training and development. “I visited all the different departments and engineers both ...

BOOKS: Response to innovation
A bad consumer response in creative development research isn’t necessarily the end of the world, says Jon Steel in Truth, Lies & Advertising: The Art of Account Planning (
NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Clean wheels
Xenos Technologies has launched a new range of car care products, one of whose features is low pH/alkaline effectiveness. The Auto Glass Cleaner is meant for clear and tinted windows. It contains no ammonia, making it safe for users ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: LED light in
Cosmo Floor has launched the Eyeleds range of LED lighting systems. The range comprises Eyeleds for interiors, Power Eye, Colour Eye, Eyeleds Outdoor Professional and Eyeleds Quartz (for textured flooring). The LEDs are available in round, ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Extreme acting
Jotun Paints has announced the launch of its premium industrial product – Jotatemp 650. This high-build coating has been developed to prevent corrosion of industrial equipment operating in extreme conditions. This coating product is able ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Daily grind
Morphy Richards has launched the Icon DLX Mixer Grinder. It has a 750 Watts motor. It has a 90-degree, three-speed function that comes with three multi-utility jars and break-resistant polycarbonate jar handles and dome caps. It comes with ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Pasta fest
Domino's Pizza India has launched pasta. The range is available in Tangy Red (tomato-based) and Cheesy White (white sauce-based) in both vegetarian and non-vegetarian versions. The vegetarian and non-vegetarian pastas are priced at Rs 69 ...






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