The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, January 30, 2007

STRATEGY
Villeroy & Boch enters India
Villeroy & Boch, the French fashionable tableware manufacturer, has entered the Indian market by opening its first outlet in Hyderabad. The 256-year-old company, through its Indian partner Spa Luxury Lifestyle Ltd, will open ... More

ADVERTISING
MAA Comm bags Heritage Foods retail account
MAA Communications Bozell has bagged the creative and media responsibilities of Fresh@, the retail business of Heritage Foods India, a key player in the dairy food business in South India. The recently launched Fresh@ chain of stores in ... More

Vyas Giannetti Creative Sports to handle cricket tournament
Vyas Giannetti Creative Sports (VGCS) will be handling the Communication Arts Guild Shield cricket tournament, the agency said in a statement on Monday. The tournament was started 20 years ago to bring the advertising and media world together ... More

RETAILING
Reliance to build focus on niche retail formats
9 Fresh stores inaugurated in Delhi NCR region More

Crocodile store in Kochi
The Coimbatore-based SP Apparels Ltd, which has acquired Crocodile India last year, has opened its first company-owned exclusive Crocodile retail store here on Monday. Inaugurating the new showroom, Mr P. Soundararajan, Managing ... More

Sonata opens showroom in Vizag
Sonata, the leading watch brand from the Tata Group, at present selling 40 lakh pieces a year, wants to set up more showrooms and increase the number to 50 lakh, according to Mr C. Srinivasan, the business head. He was speaking at a press meet ... More

Tata Motors showroom
Tata Motors has opened its sixth Passenger Car Setup (showroom) in the twin cities at Bowenpally. This is the company's 13th showroom in Andhra Pradesh and 44th in the South. Speaking after inaugurating the showroom, Mr S. ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Bajaj launches gearless scooter
Two-wheeler major Bajaj Auto today announced the launch of Kristal, an gearless scooter, which was previewed at the 2006 Auto Expo. The all-new four-stroke 95 cc Kristal comes with the DTSi technology along with ExhausTEC for a ... More

Oscillatory ventilator launched
Shreeyash Electro Medicals, a Pune-based manufacturer of neonatal intensive care equipment, has launched a servo controlled high frequency oscillatory ventilator for treatment of respiratory disorders amongst newborns. The new ... More

Ranbaxy unveils 2 urology products
Ranbaxy Laboratories has announced the launch of two urology products — Niftran capsules and Eligard — in the domestic market. The two differentiated, Novel Drug Delivery System (NDDS) products — Niftran 100 mg capsules ... More

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