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Wednesday, March 06, 2002
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HLL cuts prices of toiletries, cosmetics
HINDUSTAN Lever Ltd (HLL) has slashed the prices of a range of products spanning shampoos, hair creams, skin creams and lotions, talcs, shaving creams, deodorants and make-up preparations following the reduction in excise duty as per the Union ... More

Perfetti plans new variant of Alpenliebe
PERFETTI India Pvt Ltd, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Italian confectionery major Perfetti SpA, is ready to roll out the third variant of its Rs 100-crore-plus flagship brand, Alpenliebe. The new variant Alpenliebe Cream Strawberry is expected ... More

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BPL opts out as TV channels hike rates for `replay bug'
COLOUR televisions major BPL has pulled out from slow motion replay rights of live cricket telecasts, christened in media circles as a `replay bug'. For two years, BPL had developed the replay device as a property for spontaneous and ... More

Kapur now O&M's Vice-Chairman
NEW DELHI: Mr Miles Young, Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific, on Tuesday announced the expansion of Mr Ranjan Kapur's role to Vice-Chairman of O&M Asia Pacific. Mr Kapur, currently the Executive Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather India, ... More

Kama Sutra campaign rated best
NEW DELHI: The Kama Sutra campaign has bagged the top slot in the `Best Ads' study conducted jointly by NFO MBL India and Business Today magazine across five cities. The No 2 slot has been bagged by Pond's cold cream, Kinley is at No 3, ... More

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Tupperware, HLL in promotion deal
NEW DELHI: Direct selling company Tupperware India has entered into a co-promotion alliance with FMCG major Hindustan Lever for the latter's Dalda refined oil brand. The arrangement involves giving away Tupperware storage products ... More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES


Casio to expand dealer network
CASIO India Co. Ltd, after finding its feet in the consumer information product segment, is targeting a 20-per cent increase in its turnover for the current year. The company closed the last fiscal with a turnover of Rs 40 crore. Currently the ... More

RETAILING


IT retailing: It's a chain reaction
There's a brand new store in the neighbourhood and it's selling PCs, mobile phones, video games and the like, on the lines of superstores in the West. It's up to the Indian consumer to shun the grey market and welcome a new shopping experience. Will he do it? More

Bandhini to expand
THE Delhi-based Bandhini Home Store is planning to open branches in Pune and Ahmedabad soon. Y & S Holdings, which owns the soft furnishings and home décor stores, is opening another store in New Delhi shortly, its sixth in the city. Kolkata also ... More

Sony plans more outlets -- To connect all its outlets to HQ
KEEPING up with the information technology, Sony India Pvt Ltd, is now planning to connect all the 22 domestic `Sony World' outlets with its headquarters in New Delhi. The outlet in Pune, inaugurated last evening would be the first outlet ... More

ONLINE MARKETING


Playwin launches online lottery
INDIA'S first online lottery, Super Lotto which has a Rs 200-crore jackpot, kicked off operations on Tuesday. The online gaming concept has been launched by Playwin Infravest Pvt Ltd which is promoted by the Rs 4,500-crore Essel ... More

OUTLOOK


Budget offers some relief for confectionery sector
ORGANISED sector players in the Rs 1,100-crore confectionery industry can hope for some relief, thanks to the Union Budget 2002, even though the Budget has ruled out any changes in the excise duty for the industry which continues to be a steep 16 ... More

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Persona collection
A model displays the Persona collection in 18K gold launched by Carbon in Mumbai on Tuesday.

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