The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, June 13, 2002

Fortune Hotels plans five new properties
FORTUNE Hotels, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITC Hotels Ltd, plans to open five new hotels in different parts of the country including one each in Hyderabad and Madurai during the year. "The hotels in Hyderabad and Madurai should be running by ... More

KVIC plans personal-care products, snack foods under `Savi' brand
IT'S swadeshi versus videshi yet again. The Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is set to create a consolidated personal care and snack foods brand — to be called `Savi'. "The idea is to take on multinationals, and ... More

RURAL MARKETING

4-agency team to help focus on rural markets
"RURAL marketing is often confused with below-the-line communication such as promotions and contests," says Mr R.V. Rajan, Managing Director, Anugrah Madison Advertising, a rural communications outfit, referring to the lack of understanding of ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS

MRTPC issues notice to LG Electronics
THE summer heat seems to be catching up with the Korean consumer durable company LG Electronics India Ltd. First it was the controversy about the company misrepresenting its market shares and now complaint of the company overstating its product ... More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES

Stationery major Edding enters India
EDDING International GmbH, has made an entry into India by appointing the Bangalore-based Fotoset Company Pvt Ltd (FCPL) as its distributors for its range of writing devises and visual communication aids. The products to be marketed in India ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

Nothing official about it?
This sealed 500-ml Pepsi bottle purchased from a West Delhi outlet has two `gutka' sachets floating in it. The sealed cap gives details of price, bottler's name and batch number, but Pepsi Foods insists that the bottle is spurious and it will ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Kinetic's Boss debuts
AIMING at a larger pie of the country's booming 2.9 million units per year motorcycle market, Kinetic Engineering Ltd on Wednesday launched the 100 cc entry-point motorcycle — Boss — priced at Rs 32,000. After being a renowned ... More

Godrej to diversify into home furniture
GODREJ & Boyce Manufacturing Co Ltd is actively considering diversifying into the home furniture business, said Mr Anil Mathur, Vice President of the company, at the launch of Godrej i-space here. I-space is an integrated unit for children, the ... More

SM Dyechem forays into sauce, pickles
THE foods division of the Rs 115-crore SM Dyechem Ltd has made a foray into pickles and sauces. While it has stretched the equity of its Peppy brand of snacks into sauces, a new brand, Sampoorna, has been developed for its range of pickles. At ... More

Brand Quest

Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in
Subscribe to: Business Line

SAIL raises Rs 500 cr for funding VRS

I-T: Of non-filers and under-reporters

LIC set to venture into Sri Lanka

Industrial growth in April rises marginally to 2.9 pc

Survey soon on corruption in five S. Asian countries

In Depth
Gender Justice

Simple Economics

Guide to derivatives

Looking back
Jun. 2-Jun. 8
HLL jumps on to the ayurveda bandwagon

ORG pegs BPL on top; LG differs