The Hindu Business Line : Friday, January 11, 2002

`Purple Club' ties from ColorPlus
THE Chennai-based ColorPlus Fashions has enhanced its super-premium Purple Club line of shirts, trousers and suits, with handmade silk ties. This new collection will be available at Purple Club corners in select ColorPlus outlets, price ... More

MARKET SHARES

Maruti bid to push sales in N-E, East
THE eastern and the north-eastern regions will together account for around 15 per cent of the total Maruti vehicle sales in the domestic market during the year ending March 31, 2002. This would mark an improvement of about 1.5 per cent compared ... More

RETAILING

Movenpick Marche restaurants to open in Bangalore next year
SWISS premium foods company, Movenpick Foods, is gearing up to launch its `Movenpick Marche' brand of restaurants in India , with the first restaurant scheduled to open in Bangalore early next year. The company, which launched its premium ice ... More

STRATEGY

After pizzas, Amul plans foray into sugar
THE Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF - better known as Amul) is planning a foray into the branded sugar segment. The Rs 2,258.80-crore turnover cooperative dairy major is currently in talks with the National Federation of ... More

Foster's plans entry into UB's home turf by April -- Kerala, Kolkata, M.P. launch on cards
FOSTER'S India Ltd is poised for a fresh round of market expansion in the coming summer. And what may be conspicuous will be its foray into Karnataka by April. Foster's has already started recruiting staff for its operations in Bangalore and is ... More

Oxemberg to extend menswear portfolio
THE Rs 65-crore menswear brand Oxemberg, part of the Rs 1,000-crore Siyaram Poddar group's Siyaram Silk Mills, is firming up plans to foray into the men's wardrobe accessories business. The company will launch the Oxemberg brand of T-shirts, ... More

MTNL game to take on rivals
COMPETITION can indeed bring about miracles. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), the basic telecom service provider in Mumbai and Delhi, is finally shedding its public sector image to take on competition from Bharti Telenet, Reliance ... More

Miditech planning TV soaps, family dramas
THE Balajis and the UTVs of the world watch out. Television software production company, Miditech, is also seriously planning to enter the hugely-popular television soaps and family dramas segment. Speaking to Business Line, Mr Niret ... More

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