The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, July 16, 2003

Contract floats consultancy wing for sales, marketing
CONTRACT Advertising has floated a new marketing and sales consultancy division to add value to its services. The new outfit — Core Consulting — is also expected to made a separate consultancy company in future. Speaking to ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

For Birla Sun Life it's a marriage between insurance, investment
The `Together For Life' campaign uses symbols associated with marriage such as mehendi, rings and a mangalsutra, to drive the concept the `marriage' between insurance and investment. More

Freebies drive car sales up in June
DRIVEN by rising sales of manufacturers such as Maruti, Hyundai and Tata Engineering, domestic car sales jumped by 23 per cent in June 2003. Additionally, the spate of discount schemes and freebies on offer currently on various models helped ... More

Tanishq plans shop-in-shop retail channel
TANISHQ, the seven year-old jewellery brand from Titan Industries, is set to explore the shop-in-shop retail channel. The brand, which sells 22-carat gold and gemset jewellery, will shortly unveil the first outlet at Shoppers' Stop in ... More

Colgate, IDA join hands for school kids oral care
THE Indian Dental Association (IDA) and Colgate have come together to launch `Bright Smiles, Bright Futures,' a national programme on preventive oral care among school children. The `Bright Smiles, Bright Futures' National Oral Health Programme ... More

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES

Popular tops Maruti sales

MARKET SHARES

BSNL gains in Chennai cellular market
The cellular operators say that the entry of BSNL has turned the Chennai market topsy-turvy, with a more rapid growth in pre-paid connections. More

Luminous plans to set up inverter facility in HP
IN a bid to increase its market share in the 1.8 million units inverters market as well as to cater to the growing demand from export markets, Luminous Electronics Ltd is planning to set up a new inverter manufacturing facility in Himachal ... More

BRANDS

Coke-Sushmita Sen deal cancelled
THE former Ms Universe and Bollywood star, Sushmita Sen's contract with Coca-Cola India, as brand endorser for its Thums Up brand, has been cancelled, according to advertising industry sources. "Ms Sen's contract with Coca-Cola is no longer on," ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Lanvin forays into Indian perfume market
THE 100-million Euro Lanvin, Paris, last week made a foray into the Indian perfume market with its latest fragrance Éclat Arpège. According to Mr Dominique Blétry, Export Manager, Lanvin, currently, Lanvin's fragrances will be exclusively ... More

WorldSpace radio service launched in Mumbai
THE US-based WorldSpace Corporation, pioneers in direct satellite-to-receiver audio broadcasting, launched its service in Mumbai today. The service offers close to 30 channels of different genres of music besides general interest channels. ... More