The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, August 12, 2008

MARKETING

TRENDS: Car sales dip in July; 2-wheeler sales up 19%
Passenger car and utility vehicle sales in the country marginally dipped while commercial vehicle sales showed moderate growth in July. ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Bindra gold may get sponsors to look at other sports
May find endorsement as a national achiever rather than for shooting. New Delhi/Mumbai, Aug. 11 Abhinav Bindra, a World Champion with multiple medals at the Commonwealth Games, a child prodigy with many records to his name, has only now found ...

STRATEGY: Marks & Spencer sets up new sourcing centre in Bangalore
Mumbai, Aug 11 Building scale into its sourcing operations from India, Marks & Spencer Reliance India proposes to source up to 70 per cent of its apparel indigenously. ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Venus launches ‘Tobracef’
Venus Remedies Ltd has successfully launched a fixed dose combination of Cephalosporin with amino glycoside under the brand name ‘Tobracef’ in domestic market for the first time. Tobracef is a God send for APE/Cystic Fibrosis patients ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Bhojpuri entertainment channel
Mahuaa Media Private Ltd, an associate company of Century Communication Group, has launched the country’s first 24-hour free-to-air general entertainment Bhojpuri channel Mahuaa TV. Speaking on the occasion Mr P.K. Tewari, Chairman and ...

STRATEGY: Matheran Realty coming up with low-cost housing project near Mumbai
Mumbai, Aug. 11 The stage is probably set for realtors to take a fresh look at the bottom of the pyramid to weather waning demand rather than at the high-end super luxury offerings they churn out in ...

STRATEGY: Snap Fitness to enter India, plans ‘affordable’ health clubs
Bangalore, Aug. 11 Snap Fitness, a Minnnesota-based health club chain with over 2,000 clubs worldwide, will make a foray in the country with its first club in Bangalore. ...

RETAILING: Tata Indicom plans 100 low-cost retail outlets in AP
Tata Indicom is planning to set up at least 100 low-cost retail outlets in the rural areas and small towns of Andhra Pradesh in the next two months to increase its presence, according to Mr S. Ramakrishna, the Chief Operating ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Radio taxi

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES: Wagh Bakri enters retail franchise format with tea lounges
Ahmedabad-based Gujarat Tea Processors and Packers Ltd, which markets tea under the Wagh Bakri brand, has entered the retail franchise format with the unveiling of ‘Wagh Bakri Tea Lounge’ in Mumbai. Gujarat Tea Processors is the ...

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Nifty (at close)	4620.40(+90.90)
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