The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 07, 2008

MARKETING

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Airtel, Vodafone to launch iPhone on Aug 22
New Delhi, Aug 6 Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar will launch the iPhone 3G in India on August 22. ...

ADVERTISING: “We have to link up with societal change.”
Subhash Kamath, CEO, Bates 141, says the agency aims to discover deep-rooted insights and use them to its clients’ advantage.. It’s been five years since the WPP group took over Bates worldwide and India has emerged as ...

ONLINE MARKETING: Videocon’s Next Retail to offer brands online
To announce a three-way logistics venture with Mitsui, Hitachi soon. Mumbai, Aug. 6 The Videocon Group-promoted Next Retail is planning to start an online venture for its consumer durables retailing business. ...

TRENDS: Demand slowdown hits office space market
Rental values stable across micro-markets in major cities. New Delhi, Aug. 6 With companies, particularly in the IT and BPO industry, holding back their expansion plans due to slowdown fears, the commercial real estate market posted a ...

BRANDS: TSG International unveils 4 boutiques
Bangalore, Aug. 6 TSG International Marketing Pvt Ltd, a marketing partner and distributor for high-end luxury brands in India, launched four boutiques in Bangalore today for Stella McCartney, Moschino, Lanvin and Jean Paul Gaultier brands. ...

EVENTS: Meet discusses future of news
The future of news was discussed at a recent conference held in the Capital, during which more news and news channels were predicted to come up in the future. Along with leading personalities of media houses were Mr Ajit Balakrishnan, Founder ...

NEW BUSINESS: Madison bags 7 new accounts
Madison Media has acquired a sizeable amount of business over the last few months. The new businesses include Indian Oil, Max New York Life, Spice Jet, Bharti AXA Mutual Fund, Bharti AXA General Insurance, Bharti Retail and Bharti DTH, according ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Ten Sports’ European service
Ten Sports, owned by the Dubai-based Taj Television Ltd, will now be available on Spize TV, a pan-European DTH platform for South Asian TV channels in Continental Europe. At a global level, Ten Sports is currently available in more than 55 ...

BOOKS: Bates 141 releases Dictionary of Change
Chennai, Aug. 6 Bates 141, the Asia-devoted marketing communications network and a WPP company, has published the first ever A-Z Dictionary of Change. ...

STRATEGY: Google offers Tamil news, transliteration
Hyderabad, Aug. 6 Google India has announced the launch of Google News in Tamil and Tamil transliteration facility on Google Search, Blogger and Orkut platforms. ...

RURAL MARKETING: Airtel promoting mobile telephony in rural markets
Chennai, Aug. 6 Bharti Airtel today announced a new scheme – Grameen Mobile Puratchi - to promote mobile telephony in the rural markets of Tamil Nadu. The company has tied up with IFFCO to form a joint venture company – IFFCO Kisan ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Whirlpool sets Onam targets
Whirlpool India has chalked out aggressive plans for the Kerala market in the ensuing Onam festival season by setting a sales target of Rs100 crore during the period. ...

STRATEGY: UTV taking 2 movie channels to Sri Lanka
New Delhi, Aug. 6 UTV Global Broadcasting Ltd (UGBL), the broadcasting arm of UTV Software Communications Ltd, is taking two of its channels to Sri Lanka. ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Honda unveils CBF Stunner in Pune
Pune, Aug. 6 Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt Ltd, the 100 per cent owned two-wheeler subsidiary of Honda Motor Company, on Wednesday launched CBF Stunner for the Pune ...

PEOPLE: New TME President
Mumbai, Aug. 6 Ms Divya Radhakrishnan, Senior Vice-President & Head - National Buying and New Initiatives, TME, has been announced President, TME. Ms Divya takes over the mandate from Ms Anupriya Acharya, who has now decided to move on and ...

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS: Gati gift box for ‘rakhi’
Cargo and courier services company Gati has announced an attractive scheme for sisters who want to send rakhis to their brothers in India and abroad. On paying Rs 151, they can send a gift pack, comprising a rakhi ...

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