The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 06, 2003

L'Oreal, M&J Academy tie-up for hairdressing
THE hair colourant market, which is growing at a rate of 20 to 25 per cent in India, would grow at a faster rate if there were more trained personnel available in the salons, according to Mr Vismay Sharma, Director, L'Oreal India Pvt Ltd. To ... More

ADVERTISING

Triton to handle UB group co's ready-to-drink brands
TRIUMPH Distillers & Vinters Private Ltd (TDV), the UB group company promoted by Mr Deepak Roy, has appointed the Mumbai-based Triton Communications to handle its ready-to-drink (RTD) brands, Q Vodka, Tequila Slamma and DNA Alcoholic ... More

RETAILING

Amalgam to go abroad with parathas and frozen curries
MALABAR parathas and Kerala fish curry will soon be vying for shelf space in retail outlets overseas. For, Sumeru, the ready-to-cook, ready-to-fry frozen-food products from the Amalgam Group, is all set to tap the ethnic market in the US and ... More

MARKETING RESEARCH

Cooling hair oils buck sluggish trend: ORG
COOL is in, even in the hair oil sector. AC Nielsen/ORG data for fiscal 2002-03 shows that cooling hair oils, which account for close to 11 per cent of the Rs 1,634-crore hair care oils market, registered an impressive 7.1 per cent value growth ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Zodiac to enter fine tailoring segment
ZODIAC, the Rs 175-crore premium menswear brand, is all set to make its debut in the fine tailoring segment of the business with plans now being firmed up to commence production of classic jackets and trousers at a new facility at Koramangala, ... More

Samsung unveils i-cool series of refrigerators
SAMSUNG India Electronics Ltd has launched its new `i - cool' series of frost-free refrigerators. Available in the capacities between 310 litres and 440 litres , the i-cool series has twin-shower cooling feature. The twin-shower feature ... More

CPC Pharma launches tool to detect sepsis
THE Chennai-based CPC Pharmaceuticals has launched Procalcitonin (PCT), a diagnostic test for sepsis in collaboration with B.R.A.H.M.S AG, the manufacturer of the PCT test. At a conference, Dr Ing. Rolf Lipecky, International Sales Manager of ... More

Castle beer now in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: SABMiller India Ltd (SIL), a subsidiary of SABMiller Plc, introduced its Castle brand of beer here on Monday. Available in 650 ml and 330 ml bottles, Castle is being brewed by Mysore Breweries Ltd of Bangalore, a ... More

Brand Quest

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