The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, April 09, 2003

Vichy Laboratoires plans portfolio expansion
YOU'VE heard of anti-ageing creams and under-eye repair solutions. Now how about chrono-ageing, photo-ageing, hormono-ageing and mechanical-ageing products? That may sound unfamiliar to the average Indian consumer, but the premium Vichy ... More

National Geographic to launch adventure series on Everest
THE National Geographic Channel (NGC) is launching a real time adventure series, Mission Everest, which will track the journey of five people until they reach the Base Camp. The series will premiere on Sunday, April 20, and will be ... More

Nalco mulls fourth port for aluminium shipment
NATIONAL Aluminium Company (Nalco), the Orissa-based public sector aluminium giant, is examining if a fourth port can be added to its shipment schedule to facilitate the export of aluminium metals in containers. A marketing team from Nalco ... More

ADVERTISING

IBF flays surrogate liquor ads
THE Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has come down heavily on surrogate liquor ads. While asking channels to withdraw commercials of close to a dozen products, it has also sought changes in several other ads. The ones that have been seen as ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

Coke, Pepsi bothered by naughty endorsers — Celebrities matlab trouble?
THE timing could not have been more inopportune: Last week, the very same day that Coca-Cola India had a big press conference to launch its new ad campaign featuring Vivek Oberoi and Aishwarya Rai, the young actor called a press conference of his ... More

RETAILING

Lawrence & Mayo outlet in Kochi
LAWRENCE and Mayo, one of the oldest and largest optical chains in the country, has stepped into Kerala with the inauguration of a showroom in Kochi. This is the company's 30th showroom in the country. The 1,700 sq ft showroom is equipped with ... More

Aerens Goldsouk to open 10 malls in India
BANKING on a 10 per cent growth in the jewellery market in India, Aerens Goldsouk International Ltd has decided to open 10 souks (malls) across the country. The first of these is located in Gurgaon, spread over 1,80,000 square feet. It ... More

BRANDS

Four Tata telecom cos adopt common Indicom brand
FOUR telecom companies of the Tata group today announced the setting up of a common specialised sales and marketing team that they described as a single point interface for delivering telecom services to corporate customers. Called Telecom ... More

Brand Quest

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