The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, December 29, 2005

Lifetime offers may dent ARPUs for operators
THE plethora of lifetime pre-paid mobile card and lower mobile tariffs on offer may be the perfect New Year's gift for subscribers, but for the operators it could mean drastic fall in average revenue per user (ARPU), prompting Airtel to change ... More

Bajaj Auto tie-up with Union Bank
MUMBAI: Bajaj Auto Ltd (BAL) on Wednesday announced a strategic national tie-up with Union Bank of India (UBI) to offer loans for its 2-wheeler customers. According to an official statement, the tie-up will enable customers to avail ... More

INSIGHT

Adding gains
Analysing the developments that led to phenomenal growth in the media and ad industries. More

Big B, cricket & new content big draw for broadcasters
Unlike 2004 when the broadcast industry grew like a colossus, in 2005 it was the turn of the print media to capture much of the attention and growth. More

A year of upheaval
Nature asserted herself in ways rarely seen before, a runaway Sensex never made wealth creation seem so easy, print and electronic media proliferated and a male superstar modelled for a women's beauty soap. More

EVENTS

Disney characters to perform live
MUMBAI: Walt Disney characters, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Chip 'n Dale are going to perform live in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore between January 7 and 29. According to a press ... More

ADVERTISING

Lintas IMAG bags Viagra account
MUMBAI: Lintas Healthcare, the healthcare advertising division of Lintas IMAG, has bagged the marketing communication business of Pfizer's Viagra. Viagra is one of the world's best-known brands in the pharmaceutical industry. Besides ... More

Mudra to handle Johnson & Johnson
MUMBAI: Mudra Group has bagged Johnson & Johnson's skincare brands account. The J&J business will be managed by Canvas Communications, Mudra Group's regional agency for the west. Ms Geeta Rao has been appointed Creative Advisor and Head ... More

RETAILING

THE YEAR THAT WAS
Retail growth made for top-drawer stuff
NEVER did the retailing sector make the headlines as much as it did in 2005. In a year when retail was unanimously dubbed as India's next sunrise sector, the country's top retailers announced ambitious expansion plans, formed strategic alliances, ... More

OUTLOOK

JHS Svendgaard looks at $20 m from sales to Wal-Mart
JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Ltd, an oral care products manufacturer, hopes to generate export revenue of $20 million from sales to US retail giant Wal-Mart alone in the next two years. The Rs 40-crore New Delhi-based company is a contract ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Emerson forays into SOHO segment
EMERSON Network Power (India) Pvt Ltd, pioneers in network uptime solutions and leaders in the enterprise and SME UPS market, has announced its entry into the SOHO (small office home office) segment with the launch of two UPS models, the 600VA ... More

HP launches Pavilion notebook
According to the recent IDC results, HP leads the notebook segment in India with a whopping 42 per cent market share and through the newly launched Pavilion brand it hopes to further expand the market by 10 per cent in the high-end consumer ... More

Brand Quest

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