The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, November 26, 2002

LG to focus on businesses for air-conditioners
WITH air-conditioners showing the most promising growth in the consumer durables segment, Korean consumer durables major LG Electronics India has already chalked out its strategy for the next year. Apart from launching a gamut of new products, ... More

HBO leaving Zee bouquet to join Sony Entertainment
"HBO's contract with Turner was up, therefore, a decision to switch to Sony was made." More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

Tata Tele's new `innings'
HYDERABAD: Tata Teleservices Ltd has been chosen as the official communication partner for the final one-dayer of the TVS One-Day Series held at Vijayawada between India and West Indies. TTSL is providing telecommunications support to ... More

MARKET SHARES

Diwali fails to spark BPL colour TV sales — Brand slips out of top five
THIS Diwali was surely different for BPL, the leading domestic consumer durables company. After topping the Indian colour television business for a decade, the brand, failed, for the first time, to make it to the top five CTV makers, if the ... More

BRANDS

Godrej to give Cinthol premium makeover
FIFTY-YEAR-OLD demure soap brand Cinthol, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL)'s flagship, is lathering up for action. GCPL is in the process of extending its Cinthol brand to a series of premium variants, Mr Adi B. Godrej, Chairman, Godrej ... More

TRENDS

PR to play bigger role in CSR
With Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) assuming greater importance, public relations firms are moving quickly to get a bigger piece of the action. Ogilvy PR recently formed an alliance with Dua Consulting, Delhi, to offer regulatory and ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Venky's forays into pet-care segment
VENKY'S (India) Ltd of the Venkateshwara Hatcheries group is targeting expansion into the pet care market including foods, snacks and grooming segments and diagnostic facilities over the next one year. Addressing a press conference in here on ... More

HPCL launches branded petrol
HYDERABAD: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd on Monday launched "Power", its new branded petrol, which contains specially imported additives so as to ensure optimum performance of automobile engines. The company is also planning to ... More

Brand Quest

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

Pick a Winner Stock Market Contest

Banks await directive on loans to IFCI

Garment exports surge 15.2 pc in April-October

`Reforms have bypassed bullock cart economy'

Diwali fails to spark BPL colour TV sales — Brand slips out of top five

Tinkering with tax reforms

In Depth
Gender Justice

Simple Economics

Small Investor

Looking back
Nov. 17-Nov. 23
`Think coffee' pilot project launched

TV channels among biggest ad spenders in print media

Mudra takes plunge into DM with One-to-One