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BRANDING: HUL to rationalise costs, prices
To launch, re-launch two brands every quarter. Mumbai, July 3 Waging a war on costs is Hindustan Unilever’s agenda in times of an economic ...

PERFORMANCE: Marginal rise in ACC sales in June
Mumbai, July 3 ACC, one of the country’s largest cement producers, has reported a marginal rise of one per cent in despatches at 1.81 million tonnes (mt) in June, against 1.79 mt recorded in the corresponding period last ...

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS: Underwriters Labs starts certification programme for packaged water
Bangalore, July 3 Underwriters Laboratories has launched a certification programme for bottled water in India, a year after it introduced the service in ...

OUTLOOK: Dish TV sees green signal in infotainment promise
New Delhi, July 3 The Railway Budget’s promise to introduce infotainment services on select trains has Dish TV excited. Essel’s Direct to Home company has been running trials with the Indian Railways for a while to offer ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Maruti launches new version of Grand Vitara
New Delhi, July 3 Maruti Suzuki on Friday launched a new version of its sports utility vehicle Grand Vitara with a 2.4-litre petrol ...

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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