The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 29, 2005

Liquor industry seeks clarity on brand-extension ads
THE Kingfisher Airlines may be serious business involving an outlay of around Rs 8,000 crore for the UB group. The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry may well feel that it is only a surrogate for the group's liquor business. All eyes in More

RETAILING

Pantaloon Retail hopes to double turnover
PANTALOON Retail (India) Ltd claims to be on track to doubling its turnover to about Rs 1,100 crore in June this year. Mr Kishore Biyani, Managing Director, Pantaloon Retail, said the company is expected to cross the Rs 2,000-crore turnover ... More

OUTLOOK

Welspun eyes growth via factory-owned mall model
WELSPUN India Ltd may soon piggyback on the emerging format of malls with factory outlets to sell its manufacturing and export surpluses of home textile products. The home fashion major is in talks with upcoming discount malls such as Royal ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Shahnaz Husain's fairness cream hits South India
"VIOLENT, hysterical and awesome," that was how Ms Shahnaz Husain chose to describe the reaction to Fair One, the fairness cream she developed for the mass market and launched earlier in the North. This product was launched on Thursday in ... More

Relocation support scheme for US visitors
STUDENTS and professionals visiting the US for longer duration of stay can bid adieu to the worries about procedural, financial and personal issues of obtaining social security number, opening bank account and fixing utilities services after ... More

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