The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 16, 2005

O&M tops ACNielsen ORG-MARG poll
OGILVY and Mather (O&M) has topped the ACNielsen ORG-MARG AgencyTrack Agency Equity Index TM, which grades the brand equity of the country's ad agencies. Following O&M in the list were Lowe, JWT and McCann Erickson. "It is fascinating to ... More

Click for Shah Rukh in latest Pepsi ad
SHAH Rukh Khan is a flirtatious snake charmer in Pepsi's latest commercial to be launched on television tomorrow. But first, in a unique move, the commercial appeared on the Internet on Yahoo.com. Mr Vipul Prakash, Executive Vice President, ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

IA to offer `Fortune Safari' prizes
INDIAN Airlines has launched yet another promotional scheme under which passengers travelling on its domestic sectors stand to win attractive prizes, including four Tata Safari cars. Passengers who have flown four times in a specific month ... More

RETAILING

On their feet...
The retail boom has opened up a whole new avenue of jobs for high school dropouts, especially young women. More

`Retail sector all set for intense competition in near future'
THURSDAY'S sessions at the India Retail Forum saw retailers raring to have their say. While the same retailers spewed the same figures, there was a great deal of consensus on how retail would grow in India. One was that retail space was set ... More

Clarins opens another beauty studio
THE one-billion-euro French company Clarins today announced its fourth exclusive studio in India at Hyderabad. It plans to locate one more during the year. The Regional Manager for Clarins, Asia, Ms Lina Ong, told Business Line that Asia ... More

Beaute Prestige keen on expanding retail network
The company is now actively looking at mall space with the help of Baccarose. More

BRANDS

Alfa now offers a soft option
BLOW Plast Ltd, the Rs 270-crore marketing arm of V.I.P. Industries Ltd, has announced the entry of its Alfa brand into the highly competitive soft luggage segment. Mr Sunil Kataria, Vice President (Marketing), Blow Plast, said, "Alfa has come ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Reliance IndiaCall begins services in UK from today
RELIANCE Communications UK will launch its Reliance IndiaCall service in England and Wales on Friday. The company already has such a service in the US and Canada. Reliance IndiaCall will charge 7.9 pence per minute for landline calls made from ... More

Now comics on Reliance mobiles
RELIANCE Infocomm has uploaded major Indian and foreign comic strips on to its R-World data application suite to get over with comic strips. While Archies, Chacha Chowdhary, Billoo & Pinki and Hum Tum have already been uploaded, many others ... More

Kimberly-Clark to launch a new product Kleenguard
KIMBERLY-CLARK, whose Kleenex, Kotex and Huggies brands are household names, is now introducing Kleenguard (protective garment). The new product is being targeted at the pharmaceutical, automotive and the food processing industry, Mr Graham ... More

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