The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, July 21, 2005

Zee Star salvo
Star and Zee have adopted a single point strategy to sell their entire bouquet of channels to advertisers. Opinion is divided, however, on whether this is the best strategy to offer better value. More

Dr Batra's opens third clinic in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Dr Batra's Positive Health Clinic Private Ltd has opened its third clinic in Hyderabad, at Khairatabad, taking its all- India total to 36. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, the Chairman and Managing Director of ... More

INSIGHT

`Don't offer Shanghai in Mumbai'
Paco Underhill, "the world's only retail anthropologist," shared his views on the future of retail, the science of shopping, what consumers need, and much more, during his recent visit to India. More

EVENTS

IIM-K annual marketing meet from Saturday
KOCHI: IIM-Kozhikode is organising the annual marketing seminar, Synapse 2005, on Saturday and Sunday. The event is being supported by CII and ITC is the Platinum Sponsor, an institute release said. The marketing interest group at IIMK, ... More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES

Weston sets up two new facilities, to expand dealership network
IN a bid to make a comeback in the domestic market, the Rs 450-crore Weston Electronics on Wednesday said it has added new capacities and would expand its dealership network this fiscal. The company, which sells the Weston brand of colour ... More

Moving Pictures in pact with UK cos to market film on Daniel Pearl
MOVING Pictures India Ltd has entered into an agreement with Distant Horizon Ltd, London, and First Take Ltd, London, for the production and international distribution of a feature documentary on Daniel Pearl, the American journalist, who was ... More

Tata Motors dealership
KOCHI: Tata Motors, as part of its ongoing dealership network expansion plans, has announced the opening of its 130th car dealership in the country with the inauguration R F Motors at Kochi. This is the 4th car dealership in the State ... More

RETAILING

Zodiac eyes stake in retail chains
WITH increasing competition in the post-quota regime, Zodiac Clothing has decided to invest further in domestic retail chains. The Zodiac group had earlier picked up a 2.93-per cent stake in Shoppers' Stop and is now looking at picking up ... More

BRANDS

An honest brand
In subtle but menacing ways, consumers are made to buy more than they need. More

ONLINE MARKETING

Harry Potter sets online sales market on fire
THE magic of Harry Potter has transcended the barriers of the wizard world to cast a spell on the Indian e-commerce market and set the cash registers ringing. Leading e-commerce players such as Sify.com and Fabmall have been busy over the last ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

GM launches Corsa variant
GENERAL Motors India today launched a new special edition of the Opel Corsa 1.4 Elite at a price tag of Rs 5.39 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). Based on the Corsa 1.4 GSI, the new special edition offers a host of incremental features including a ... More

Asianet launches third channel
Called Asianet Plus, the new television channel is targeted at young Malayalees across the world, said Mr Mohan Nair, Chief Operating Officer, Asianet Communications Ltd. Addressing a press conference in the city today, Mr K. Madhavan, Managing ... More

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