The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 27, 2005

Reliance Info launches Rs 10 recharge facility
The RIM customers can recharge for any amount between Rs 10 and Rs 994 as many times as they want. In a release here, Mr Ajay Awasthi, RIM Business Head, Rest of Tamil Nadu, said the company has formulated the new micro-recharge facility based ... More

INSIGHT

Kiss and tell
Is Indian advertising getting bolder? If so, does it work? Catalyst listens to the morality debate More

For that winning feeling
A multi-country research report on consumer and retail markets by PricewaterhouseCoopers says that India could be right up there as a winning proposition for global retailers. More

IPR

DuPont bid to protect trademark
NEW DELHI: Dupont India has initiated legal action against local traders and manufacturers for infringing its trademark `Teflon,' used more popularly as a non-stick coating for cookware. In a case filed by DuPont India through its ... More

ADVERTISING

FCB-Ulka HealthCare bags Abbott Pharma's flagship brands account
FCB-ULKA HealthCare has bagged the account of Abbott Pharma's flagship brands, Brufen and Digene. The agency has also bagged Johnson & Johnson's suture brand, Vicryl. Speaking to Business Line, Mr Satish Ramachandran, General Manager, ... More

MRTPC slaps ban on LG advertisement
THE Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC) on Wednesday restrained Korean electronic major LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd from releasing any false, misleading or deceptive advertisement relating to its gift scheme in any form ... More

MARKET SHARES

Tinplate packaging industry hopes to double its market share in 5 years
RIDING high on the fast changing lifestyles and growing surplus income levels of urban population across the country, the tinplate packaging industry expects to double its share in the total domestic packaging industry in the next five years, ... More

Heinz India seeks to grow brands, market share
HEINZ India, maker of the eponymous brand of ketchup and other assorted products such as Complan, Glucon-D, Nycil prickly heat powder and Sampriti ghee, is looking to gain market share in the categories it is present in. Citing the example of ... More

BRANDS

Spencer's, smarter
Spencer's of the hoary heritage has been given a makeover to appeal to younger shoppers. More

Bannari Amman to roll out `refined sugar'
BANNARI Amman Sugars is planning to roll out a premium brand `refined sugar' for the retail market. "The roll out can be expected within the next three months," Mr S.V. Balasubramaniam, Chairman, Bannari Amman Group, told Business ... More

Footwear brand Clarks puts its best foot forward
THE UK-based footwear brand, Clarks, which entered India a few months back, is on an expansion spree. The company has recently set up stores in Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Bangalore and is going to open a store each in Kolkata and Delhi next ... More

Brand Quest

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