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OUTLOOK: Petro price hike pumps up pvt players
New Delhi/Mumbai, July 2 The fuel price hike has come as a breather to private retailers such as Essar Oil and Reliance Industries, as it closes the gap between the price at which they and their public sector counterparts sell petrol and ...

STRATEGY: DCM Shriram Hariyali market adopts extension route to drive sales
Till three years ago, the only fertilisers Mr Baljinder Singh knew were urea, single super phosphate (SSP) and muriate of potash ...

OUTLOOK: FMCG cos immune from fuel price hike impact for now
Mumbai, July 2 While the petrol and diesel price hike is expected to take its toll on freight costs, FMCG companies are not planning to increase prices straight ...

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: Survey pitches for FDI in multi-format retail
New Delhi, July 2 The Economic Survey has made a hard pitch for opening-up of FDI in a host of sectors, including the controversial multi-format ...

STRATEGY: Wadhawan Hospitality to bring Cinnabon brand to India
Wadhawan Hospitality, the food and beverages arm of Wadhawan Enterprises, has entered into a tie-up with US-based Focus Brands to open Cinnabon bakeries in ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Bakery chain Monginis gets fit
Hopes to garner 20% revenues from health foods. Mumbai-based heritage bakery chain Monginis will launch zero-sugar, high-fibre and multi-grain snacks in about two ...

RURAL MARKETING: Quality counts for the rural consumer
The rural consumer is not someone always looking to buy things cheap and is less discerning with regard ...

STRATEGY: Zedds plans more stores
Zedds, the domestic fashion footwear brand, today opened its second fully owned outlet in Hyderabad and has announced plans to set up 15 stores within two ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: BSNL launches IPTV in Ahmedabad; Internet in 3 months
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), in association with Smart Digivision Pvt Ltd, has launched the Interactive personalised television and video services (IPTV) to which will be added the Internet in the next three months in what an official ...

RETAILING: Artd’inox eyes ‘daily use’ products
Artd’inox, the lifestyle and retail arm of Jindal Group, wants to shake off its image as a mere ‘gifting’ product and aims to become a ‘daily use’ product. “We are driving to make the product popular for ...

MARKET SHARES: Lava targeting 10% market share
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From Brand Line

INTERVIEW: ‘A banner year for Pepsi’
PepsiCo India’s Chairman Sanjeev Chadha and Managing Director Gautham Mukkavilli on summer launches, competition and what’s brewing for the future.... Sanjeev Chadha, Chairman, PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd, is quite excited about a ...

RETAILING: On a quest for ‘value’
Food & grocery retailers take a leaf out of the kirana model to stick it out in recessionary times.. Making heavy investments ahead of time is proving to be expensive for food and grocery ...

ADVERTISING: Finally, it’s all about ideas
Bold ideas make Cannes the inspiration hub for those interested in the unknown.. Cannes Lions 2009 is over. The awards have been won. Glory has been got. Fame has been achieved. The discussion and debates are done. The bells and whistles have ...

PEOPLE: A brand in public life
As Nandan Nilekani takes up his assignment with the Government, our columnist recounts the many positive qualities that this Infosys leader brings to his new role.. One of the most profound statements that I have heard in recent times is by ...

INSIGHT: Identity crisis
Shifting cities throws up a whole range of complications – from banking account and mobile phone hassles to address proof problems.. Don’t let the title fool you – I know who I am. The crisis I am facing is persuading the world ...

STRATEGY: Tapping the social web
There are enough instances to show why marketers must tap into social networks.. As the Indian population increasingly turns to the Internet for news, sports, shopping and more – whether via the laptop or the 3G-capable handset —one ...

BRANDS: All for brand chatter
Harnessing the growing power of customer ‘expression’.. The challenges of brand building continue to multiply exponentially. Consumer behaviours are changing drastically making marketers revisit and reconsider the standard tenets of ...

EVENTS: Cannes PR be far behind?
Public relations made its debut at the annual ad fest, giving away 15 PR Lions for the first time.. Eight thousand people usually trek to Cannes every year to attend the Cannes International Advertising Festival. Although this 56th year saw ...

BOOKS: When branding runs aground
Branding has become a subject in marketing that has been turned from a molehill into a mountain, rues Jack Trout in In Search of the Obvious (Westland). The subject of branding has spread from products to rock groups, movie stars, and ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Tress treat
Kérastase, the French luxury hair care brand from L’Oréal, beats the monsoon blues with an offer. Indulge in a relaxing ritual and receive a complimentary trendy Kérastase umbrella worth Rs ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Crunchy munchies
Parle Agro has announced the launch of its new snack brand Hippo — baked wheat munchies. Hippo comes in five flavours inspired by international cuisines — Italian Pizza, Chinese Manchurian, Hot-n-Sweet Tomato, Thai Chilli and ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Write fun
Kid’s channel Nick, along with BILT Ten-on-Ten introduces a colourful range of Dora and SpongeBob notebooks. The Nick and BILT Ten-on-Ten range includes exercise books, long notebooks and drawing books. The notebooks also contain a few ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Marble melody
d’Mart Exclusif Marble Gallery brings to you customised marble creations for the indoors and outdoors. The collection comprises products such as busts, figurines, fountains, vases, sculptures, fire places, columns, planters, wall hangings ...






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