The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, July 17, 2005

Salora International in distribution tie-ups
SALORA International Ltd on Saturday said that it had entered into a supply and distribution agreement with a Malaysian company (who are the main distributors for TEAC Corporation, Japan) to distribute consumer electronics under the TEAC brand in ... More

RETAILING

Witching hour passed, fans pour into bookshops
WHILE one Muggle, at least 30 years old, camped outside the bookstore in a Bangalore mall, another in her 20s went to the extent of hiring a taxi to reach a Chennai bookstore at 4.30 a.m. A much younger compatriot staked out another bookstore ... More

Oswal group plans expansion
THE Punjab-based Oswal group is planning to set up more retail stores in the country. It plans to invest Rs 30 crore to set up more than 50 retail outlets across the country by March to market intimate wear and fashion and casual wear. ... More

TRENDS

32 pc of urban population resides in 43 towns
Of the 285 million people who lived in 5,161 urban settlements in 2001, 74 million, i.e. about one-quarter, lived in 27 `million plus towns'. Actually, the number of such towns is just 22 if one aggregates figures for adjoining townships such ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Bharat Bio launches cream for diabetic foot ulcers
BHARAT Biotech International Ltd has launched Regen-D, a therapeutic cream, for use in treating diabetic foot ulcers, burns and skin grafts. According to Dr Krishna M. Ella, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Biotech, Regen-D is a product ... More

Get big with Bentley
LEGENDS are alive when they are no longer around. Want to leave a mark? One way to do this is to just own the latest offering from Bentley, which has now launched its Continental Flying Spur in India after introducing ... More

Spring-in Spring for the CT 100
Speed breakers! No backbreakers. Bajaj has come out with a unique suspension system, which purports to reduce the jams on your vertebrae. Bajaj's new CT 100 comes equipped with a spring-in-spring (SNS) suspension at its rear. The suspension ... More

Fiat slashes prices of the Palio
Fiat has slashed the prices of its flagship model Palio. The lower-end is offered at Rs 3.64 lakh, while the top-end NV Sport comes at Rs 4.39 lakh. The 1.2-litre ELX comes at Rs 4.15 lakh, lower by Rs 22,000. Will a lower price make a world ... More

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