The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 29, 2004

INSIGHT
A big deal in US retail
While the recent announcement of the Kmart and Sears combine has raised speculation as to whether the store would be an effective challenge to Wal-Mart, the more relevant question is whether it should even try and challenge the retail giant. The answ er is, `no'. Instead, the new combine should carefully segment the retail market and find attractive niches that it can exploit. More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES
Tata Tubes appoints Shankara Pipes as channel partner
TATA Tubes, which is streamlining its channel network, has appointed Shankara Pipes as channel partner for south Karnataka including Bangalore. Mr Sukumar Srinivas, Managing Director of Shankara Pipes, told newspersons that with the ... More

RETAILING
`Organised retailing has to find ways of addressing unorganised supply side'
WHILE envisaging the technological advances such as `brick and portal' malls and futuristic inventory management, organised retailing has to find ways of addressing the unorganised supply side. These were the final deliberations of India Retail ... More

BRANDS
Makers of Maxima plan new brand
NEW DELHI: P.A Time Industries, manufacturers of the Maxima brand of watches are set to roll out a new brand of watches. According to the company, it has completed the product development for the new brand to be launched in January. ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
World Phone launches VoIP solutions for corporates
WORLD Phone Internet Services Private Ltd (WPISPL), a category `A' ISP, has introduced World Phone Diamond, a corporate VoIP package that allows customers to place unlimited calls to the US and Canada for Rs 3,995 per month, a company statement ... More

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