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NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: BSNL offers cheap PC, broadband for rural areas
New Delhi, Sept. 16 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has partnered HCL Infosystems to bundle a desk-top personal computer with a broadband connection for Rs 399 a month targeted at the rural ...

BRANDS: Reliance Retail scouting for non-food FMCG brands
Value formats brought under common supply chain, buyer interface. Reliance Retail is scouting for brands in the non-food FMCG space to build a portfolio that will complement its private label ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Nissan to source parts for $40 m from India by 2012
Mumbai, Sept. 16 Japanese automaker Nissan will source components worth $20 million in 2010 from India for its plants in Thailand, China and Japan. This will double to $40 million ...

STRATEGY: Ghee whiz, says Hatsun Agro
GOD-GIVEN GIFT!. Chennai, Sept. 16 Mr R.G. Chandramogan, Chairman and Managing Director, Hatsun Agro Product Ltd, recalls a conversation with a Rajasthan-based businessman where he referred to his high consumption of ghee and the impact ...

MARKET SHARES: Moser Baer has 11% of USB flash drive market
New Delhi, Sept. 16 Moser Baer India, manufacturer of optical storage media such as CDs and DVDs, claims it has captured 11 per cent of the USB flash drive market in its first four months of ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: PepsiCo to launch lifestyle merchandise
New Delhi, Sept. 16 Boosted by the success of its licensing programme globally, beverage major PepsiCo will shortly roll out its range of merchandise in ...

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STRATEGY: Making a comeback
Zee’s star is on the ascendant again as it revamps programming and cuts costs.. It was towards the end of June this year that Zee TV finally managed to break the stranglehold of Star and Colors to regain a dominant position in the general ...

BRANDS: Does one have to force India to cheer?
Sports personalities are powerful brands who can engage viewers across geographical boundaries.. Force India recently drove to a maiden Indian success in Formula One, set up by an Italian driver, a German car and a ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Getting under the skin
The launch of Uveda and Neutrogena are testimony to the potential of the skincare market.. Women are already spoilt for choice when it comes to buying skincare products. Multinationals such as Hindustan Unilever and L’Oreal, along with ...

ADVERTISING: A campaign for mobility
The TVS Scooty Institute has earned Mudra Max many awards in the event/media category.. S. Venkatraman, the managing partner of Vijayabharathi Enterprises, a TVS Motor dealership in Tirupathi, is a very happy man. In the past three years, the ...

RETAILING: Delivering a memorable customer experience
The faith and trust a customer places in a retailer is a function of his shopping experience.. (This is the next in the series on Indian retail by the author. Refer to earlier articles in Brandline dated August 6, 2009 and June ...

BRANDS: With plans just Fab
Fabindia the brand stands for much more than ethnic chic; it represents a sustainable retail model. Read on to find out more about its future plans.. At a time when brands are looking to bring more products and lines under their own labels, ...

BOOKS: Raise ideas with passion
Enthusiasm doesn’t necessarily call for a loud rah-rah or a project cheerleader, but one can definitely capture the importance of the effort by one’s emotional commitment, says Mike Thompson in The ...

BOOKS: The ‘sound’ connection
Lines that grab attention and turbocharge people’s memory banks are usually spoken aloud with skilful inflection, says Steve Cone in Powerlines: Words that sell brands, grip fans, & sometimes change history ( ...

BOOKS: Communicate more effectively
Reframing, future pacing, installing, and positive presupposition are four easy methods anyone can master in order to communicate more effectively and therefore create better connections in all kinds of everyday situations, says Michael Losier ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Be secure
Micro Technologies (India) Ltd has launched a wireless Micro Home Security System. It works by using window and door contacts and motion sensors that run on radio wave frequencies. The sensors and contacts are controlled by self-illuminated ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Scrub clean
Nivea has introduced an improved range of cleansing products. The Visage Essentials range is available for ‘normal to combination’ skin and for ‘combination to oily’ skin. The Blue range for normal skin includes face wash ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Hair fare
Himalaya Herbal Healthcare has introduced Gentle Daily Care shampoo for people who need frequent shampooing. The shampoo is enriched with extracts of chickpea, amla, black myrobalan, eclipta, licorice, henna and beach almond. ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Unfuzzy logic
Morphy Richards has launched a new range of epilators. Gently Classic comes with a dusting brush and storage pouch for Rs 1,995. Priced at Rs 3,395, Cashmere is an epilator-cum-shaver. Epi Travel, which is battery-operated, and has a ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Briefly
Jagannath Textiles has launched the Crusoe range of vests and briefs. The product prices range from Rs 60-350, and the products are available at all leading ...






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