The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 17, 2002

Samsung to organise free service camp
SAMSUNG India Electronics Ltd is organising a nation-wide `free customer care fortnight' from May 16. This is the fourth service camp being carried out by the company in consecutive years. During the free service camp period, the company will ... More

SHOPPING

A mall to beat other malls
THE fast food giant, McDonald's, is likely to be one among the anchor tenants in Bangalore's first family entertainment centre (FEC) promoted by the real estate developer, Prestige Group. The FEC, called The Forum and carrying a net asset value ... More

ADVERTISING

Where humour is serious business
HUMOUR, as per the dictionary, may be the quality of being amusing or comic but in advertising it is serious business. According to the President of Agro Tech Foods Ltd, Mr Utpal Sen Gupta, humour in advertising is more than making a whole ... More

Spider-Man
Painters in Hyderabad busy giving finishing touches to a giant hoarding of the film Spider-Man which would hit Indian screens on May 24. According to the distributor — Columbia Pictures — the film will hit 200 theatres across ... More

BRANDS

Duncans to expand retail loose tea biz
MR G.P Goenka's flagship, Duncans Industries Ltd, has decided to take its branded retail loose tea business to Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan after consolidating its position in West Bengal. A little over a month back, the company opened ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Medimix foray into men's toiletries
THE Rs 300-crore Cholayil group, maker of Medimix soap, has made a foray into the premium men's toiletries segment with the launch of its herbal shaving cream, Ziva, in the North. It is also test-marketing Medimix herbal coconut hair oil in ... More

Whirlpool unveils frost-free range in Kerala
WHIRLPOOL of India Ltd has announced the launch of its new Ice Magic range of frost-free refrigerators in the Kerala market. The product, which supposedly makes ice super quick at the touch of a button, comes with a host of unique benefits ... More

Brand Quest

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