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Tata Sky turns teacher, starts spoken English lessons

Mothers, who are ignored by their English speaking children, need not worry Continue reading

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30% growth registered in online shopping space

India might soon emerge as a significant player in the online shopping space with the country posting over 30 per cent growth in 2008-09, according to Mr Kashyap Vadapalli, Director-Marketing, eBay Continue reading

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UniverCell connects with RCom to market broadband service

Reliance Communications and mobile handset retailer UniverCell have entered into a pact to market and promote wireless broadband service across Continue reading

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Philips looks at lounges to light up sales

Philips Electronics India Ltd, the market leader in the luminaires, lighting electronics and special lighting business, intends to strengthen its position by opening around 40 more ‘lighting lounges’. It currently has 22 such Continue reading

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Modified TV channels’ norms to include HITS operators

The Government on Thursday said in an official statement that it had approved a modification of policy guidelines for downlinking of television channels to enable broadcasters to provide content to Headend-In-The-Sky (HITS) Continue reading

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Reliance BIG TV’s year-end offer

Reliance BIG TV has announced the year-end Dhamaka, the scratch and win limited period offer, for the ensuing festive season. The offer assures gifts such as free subscriptions and discounts on installation of Reliance BIG TV during Christmas and Continue reading

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Co growth hinges on brands that give meaning to lives

The marketing industry needs more creators of ideas than just managers, as marketing is all about giving new meaning to a product that will change the consumer’s life, said Mr Santosh Desai, Managing Director and CEO, Future Continue reading

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Arvind may source locally for Sweden’s apparel brand Gant

Apparel retailer Arvind may look at sourcing options locally for Gant, the high-end apparel brand based in Sweden, once the brand achieves a certain scale in the Continue reading

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MTS dials Mumbai with half-a-paise per second offer

MTS, the mobile telephony brand of Sistema Shyam TeleServices (SSTL) has launched its CDMA-based cellular services in Continue reading

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Bajaj Auto hints at price hike

While the Indian automotive sector, both four wheelers and two-wheelers are faced with a major problem of rising cost of production and margin pressures, according to Mr Milind Bade, General Manager of Bajaj Auto Continue reading

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NDTV Lifestyle to launch channel as part of alliance with Scripps

NDTV Lifestyle is getting prepared to launch a new lifestyle channel as part of its tie-up with the Scripps Network. The US-based lifestyle content developer Scripps Network had acquired a 69 per cent stake in NDTV Lifestyle last Continue reading

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Rajkot run-feast garners more viewers than T20

The high-scoring thriller between India and Sri Lanka on Tuesday was watched by a whopping 3.95 crore Continue reading

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SRM School of Management to organise retail conference

More than 200 delegates, including researchers from abroad, will be participating in a three-day international conference on retail excellence to be organised by the SRM School of Management, SRM University on December 22 to Continue reading

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Mirah to open Falafel outlets in more cities

After acquiring Falafel, India’s first Mediterranean/Lebanese food chain, the Mirah Group plans to increase its outlets from seven to 30 by 2010. Confined to Mumbai for the present, it is looking at new markets such as Bangalore and Continue reading

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Hind Unilever to pay royalty to parent for trademark

Come January, and FMCG major Hindustan Unilever (HUL) will pay a royalty of one per cent of the net sales on specific brands that use the Unilever Continue reading

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Mosquito repellent creams give a ‘natural’ spin to category

The mosquito repellent cream category has become active this season with both Dabur and Godrej Sara Lee planning to grow the category based on the ‘naturals’ Continue reading

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Juki rolls out semi dry-head sewing machines

Industrial sewing machine manufacturing company Juki has rolled out ‘semi-dry-head machines’ that protect sewing products from being stained with Continue reading

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Mobile devices sales to grow 9%

Sales of mobile devices worldwide will increase by nine per cent to 1.32 billion in 2010 vis-à-vis the projected sales of 1.21 billion in 2009, according to a report from research firm Continue reading

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Shantha launches oral cholera vaccine

Vaccine maker Shantha has launched its oral vaccine for protection against cholera. The vaccine, ‘Shanchol’, is a bivalent inactivated whole-cell cholera vaccine developed by Shantha in collaboration with the International Vaccine Continue reading

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Fox Star’s Avatar hopes to break record for Hollywood movies in India

James Cameron is back. Come this Friday, the director of Titanic is ready to take us to the world we have never imagined, redefining our cinema-going experience with bleeding-edge special Continue reading

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Rasi creates ‘HyVeg’ brand for vegetable seeds

Rasi Seeds (Pvt) Ltd has created a separate brand, “HyVeg”, for its vegetable seed Continue reading

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Rs 6-cr investment in Chennai fashion week

The first-ever Chennai International Fashion Week (CIFW), slated to be held here from December 16-20, aims to position the city as a fashion destination. CIFW is being organised at an estimated cost of Rs 6 crore. Ad spends to market the event Continue reading

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Reliance Big TV in marketing tie-up

Reliance Big TV has entered into a marketing alliance with Fox Star Studios for the India release of James Cameron’s Continue reading

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Direct Selling Association seeks regulatory framework

The World Federation of Direct Selling Association has urged the Government to formulate a regulatory framework to help the sector realise its true Continue reading

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‘Telangana developments may dent Brand Hyderabad’

The Hyderabad Software Exporters’ Association (HYSEA) has expressed its concern that the Brand Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh as a peaceful destination for information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services companies might be dented in the back Continue reading

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