The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, June 03, 2003

Sale of injectible medicines — Orchid signs marketing pact with US co Apotex
ORCHID Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd signed a supply and marketing agreement today with Apotex Corp for the sale of its injectible medicines in the US. The products will be developed and manufactured by Orchid in India, while Apotex will handle ... More

Barista peps up menu with Indian fare
IT is cool, it is happening and now Barista's Espresso Bars are a whole lot spicier too! The coffee chain, which made swigging coffee fashionable in India with a variety of coffee concoctions, has now put in place a brand new menu designed to ... More

RCI India to focus on China
DEVELOPING China as a favoured holiday destination among Indians will be RCI India's biggest focus this year, according to Mr Raju Shahani, President and General Manager, RCI Expansion Markets, RCI India Pvt Ltd. Apart from China, the other ... More

KMML on expansion spree — Move to scale up presence in global titanium market
THE State-owned Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd (KMML), the only grey-gold company in the State public sector, has drawn up a strategy to gradually increase its presence in the global market for high-quality titanium dioxide at competitive ... More

EVENTS

`Investment in gold is a risk management tool'
IF you are one of those stock market aficionados and is feeling quite cheated at the way your portfolio has been performing, then it's time to look at gold. For, a bar of 24 carat gold offered among the best returns in the year 2002 — ... More

ADVERTISING

O&M set to bag entire DuPont India a/c
While the ad campaign has international tones, company officials maintain its application is universal. According to the company, the campaign marks DuPont India's first attempt to talk to the Indian consumer directly. More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

Do you know your Scotch?
Allied Domecq brings `knowledge campaign'
This is what Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine (I) Pvt Ltd (ADSWI), the first foreign spirits company to introduce leading Scotch brands such as Teacher's and Old Smuggler in India, wants to educate its consumers. The company's "master scotch expert" ... More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES

Dabur set to brew tea with Lanka's Dilmah
SOME months after Dabur Foods' distribution alliance with Kraft Foods came to an end with the latter deciding to pull out of the domestic market, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Dabur India is set to ink another distribution tie-up, and this time ... More

RETAILING

Tata Power to light up more homes
TATA Power Company plans to increase its retail customers in Mumbai to 50,000 from 17,000 in one-and-a-half years. The company, which has over 8.5 lakh retail customers in Delhi, plans to focus more on the power distribution business. In the ... More

MARKETING RESEARCH

CTV sales dip 3.4% in April — LG, Samsung go with double-digit growth
IT was the flat television segment that continued to drive growth for the colour television (CTV) industry in April as well. According to ORG-Marg data for the month, while the conventional television market declined by 7.9 per cent during the ... More

TRENDS

CAS may blur picture for second TV set sales
WHILE confusion about the Conditional Access System (CAS) continues, television manufacturers seem fairly certain that the rollout in the metros will impact on TV sales, particularly of second TV sets and replacements sets. Together, they make up ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Valvoline forays into oil filters segment
AUTO lubricants manufacturer Valvoline Cummins is eyeing more than 20 per cent growth in turnover this year from Rs 155 crore during 2002-03. "We expect to post a 20 per cent topline growth this fiscal. We are also targeting to increase our ... More

Brand Quest

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