Date:11/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/11/stories/2008091156051800.htm

Business - Briefly

TVS franchisee chain to sell spare parts

— PHOTO: S. JAMES

SMART BRANDING: R. Dinesh, Joint Managing Director, TVS & Sons, addressing a press conference after unveiling the new brand (TVS PartSmart) in Madurai on Wednesday.

MADURAI: T. V. Sundaram Iyengar and Sons launched a unique chain of franchisee outlets, ‘TVS PartSmart,’ to sell multi-brand spare parts for commercial vehicles here on Wednesday. The initiative envisages setting up of 275 standalone outlets across the country in three years. The first two outlets would be inaugurated in Madurai on Thursday and more would come up in Coimbatore, Salem, Tirunelveli and Tiruchi before the end of 2008 and in Chennai before March, 2009. — Special Correspondent