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BRANDS: Godrej Consumer looks to offload dormant brands
Brands with ‘residual' equity may be licensed out or put on the block. While Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) is busy raising funds to buy out more brands, it is simultaneously looking at offloading some of its dormant brands which continue ...

STRATEGY: UB Group plans big push to wine business
The UB Group plans to give a big push to its wine business with investments of Rs 100 crore in the next two years, according to Mr Abhay Kewadkar, Chief Winemaker and Business ...

STRATEGY: Avatar sets new record, grosses Rs 22 cr
James Cameron's Avatar has spelt magic at the desi box office by raking around Rs 22 crore in the ...

RETAILING: S. Africa's News Café sets shop in India
South Africa's high street café and cocktail bar News Café has entered India following a franchising arrangement with Hyderabad-based Numbers Only to open ...

STRATEGY: BSNL's GSM deal: Ericsson offers discounts on equipment
In a bid to push through a possible GSM equipment deal with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, Ericsson is understood to have offered discounts varying between 13 per cent and 60 per cent on various components that go into setting up a ...

BRANDS: Godrej Consumer keen on home products unit of Sara Lee in Asia
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) is keen to have ownership of the household products business of the US-based Sara Lee in Asia, according to Mr J.N. Godrej, Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing ...

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INTERVIEW: Playing Cupid to viewers
Atul Phadnis, CEO, What's On India, on establishing a TV guidance channel.. What's-On-India, India's premier TV guidance and EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) was set up in 2005 when the analogue Indian TV industry was at an inflection point. ...

BRANDS: Brands and their fallen heroes
When their ambassadors stray, what are the choices brands have?. If recent disclosures regarding golfer Tiger Woods have created a nightmare for his family, they are also surely causing sleepless nights in the corner offices of custodians of ...

INSIGHT: Yeh dil maange more!
Look within and see if there is a latent desire you have forgotten, overlooked or are refusing to recognise.. One thing at a time and that done well” is a proverb that many people of my generation can remember and recall, though fondly! I ...

BRANDS: Going on fourteen
Café Coffee Day, which has entered its teens, is sporting a new look to reflect the evolution of its core consumers.. F rom a simple Internet café in a youth hotspot 13 years ago, to the country's best-known café brand with 820 ...

ADVERTISING: The cheer is spreading
The branding of Indian tea should preserve its origin, identity and image.. India seems to be in bounce-back mode. Is it time for Indian marketing to celebrate? What happens to the advertising ...

BRANDS: Will the shoes fit?
With demand in the Western markets slowing down, global brands are forging local alliances to sell to aspirational customers in the country.. S hoe retail is in the process of taking a giant leap with the industry not only becoming more ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Watts more …
Surya Roshni has launched High Power Factor CFL lamps with internationally proven PH+ Technology. The Government has made it mandatory for lighting companies to launch this category of higher energy-saving CFL lamps with improved lumen output ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Gift of warmth
Glenworth Estate Ltd has launched two Glendale Tea Gift Boxes. The red and blue boxes with golden velvet clothing house ‘Brewer Mug' and ‘multi-use glass jar' with rare speciality Silvertip White Tea. The mug is priced at Rs 650. ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Wall street
Somany Ceramics has introduced Neotech, an imported tiling concept. The Neotech concept includes a new range of floor, wall and highlighter tiles. The range is available at all Somany display centres and dealers' showrooms throughout the ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Flexxible
Titan Eye Plus has launched a collection called Flexx, a range of flexible frames to suit active lifestyles. Made of high elastic titanium alloy, the frame is lightweight and regains its original shape once it is bent or twisted. It is ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Xmas glow
Ripple Fragrances has launched decorative candles for Christmas under its home fragrance brand Iris. They come in shades of raspberry red, glittering gold and Grinch green. They can also be used to decorate the Christmas tree. It is ...

BOOKS: Luxury is the opposite of vulgarity
What is luxury? It is the opposite of complication, says Karen Karbo in The Gospel according to Coco Chanel (www.landmarkonthenet.com). "Luxury must remain invisible, but it must be felt. Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ...






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