The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, June 04, 2003

Shringar Cinemas ties up with BPL, Orange for real time ticketing
IN a bid to improve cinema hall occupancy, Shringar Cinemas Pvt Ltd, has tied up with cellular service providers, BPL Mobile and Orange, to facilitate booking of tickets through the short messaging service (SMS). However, this service will be ... More

MARKET SHARES

Tata Engg pick-up records 34 pc share
TATA Engineering's sales from its 207 DI pick-up now averages 700-800 units per month, senior company officials said at a press conference during the launch of the vehicle's Euro-2 version here on Tuesday. The prices of these models ranges from ... More

LG Electronics leads the race in frost-free segment in April
COMPETITION is heating up in the domestic refrigerators segment, especially in frost-free technology. According to ORG-Marg data available for the month of April, Korean major LG Electronics leads the frost-free category with a difference of ... More

RETAILING

Pantaloon enters North with Big Bazaar
PANTALOON (Retail) India has made its maiden foray in the North, with Big Bazaar, its chain of hypermarkets. The recently-inaugurated Big Bazaar, in Gurgaon, is the retail major's sixth hypermarket, and the first in North India. The next ... More

For the connoisseurs of kababs
The hotel is now rolling out its best-selling F&B outlet into other cities where it runs or manages properties. Pune is the second stop for Kabab Hut which has now taken the place of its predecessor, the quaint Indian food speciality ... More

MARKETING RESEARCH

`Parakh Foods, fastest growing FMCG co'

BRANDS

Say no to lookalikes
Lookalikes are fun, especially in the wax museum. But not when a lookalike product passes off for the real thing. Here's a software initiative to deter counterfeit or fake products. More

Oxemberg sets Rs 100-cr revenue target — Plans to roll out semi-formal casuals
THE Rs 60-crore Oxemberg, a division of the Rs 1,000-crore textile, paper and rubber group, Siyaram Poddar Group, is concentrating on brand promotion to raise revenues from Rs 60 crore to Rs 100 crore next year. The company, traditionally into ... More

Southern States plan brand image for tourism
INSPIRED by the `Golden Triangle' of Agra-Delhi-Jaipur tourism circuit in North India, the four Southern States are contemplating to create a `brand image' to package the South as a tourist destination by having an apex body and introduction of a ... More

TRENDS

`MSOs will hold key for set-top boxes'
The multi-service operator will hold the key, as he will decide what services will be available to the subscriber. And "as the kind of services to be offered will be different, the hardware and the software architecture of the set-top boxes will also be different," says Mr Kainth. More

Brand Quest

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