The Hindu Business Line : Friday, February 07, 2003

Reliance WLL offer queers cell pitch
According to cellular industry officials, this is a clear violation of the licence conditions and the assurance given to them that the limited mobility services would be restricted to the short distance charging area (SDCA). More

HLL plans to rejig Sunsilk portfolio
FMCG major Hindustan Lever is planning to reshuffle the portfolio of Sunsilk, which is among HLL's power brands. "Going by our power brand strategy, we are considering adding a couple of variants to Sunsilk, and could ease out one-two variants ... More

PROMOTIONS & OFFERS

Play on Shakespeare's work
BANGALORE: Hutch is bringing to the city "Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged", a 95-minute performance that combines 37 of the bard's works and 140 sonnets. Produced by Spirit Entertainment, Sydney, the play has been the longest ... More

MARKET SHARES

Cartoon Network seeks to broadbase audiences
IT'S not just the saas-bahu serials that are playing the ratings game. Kids programmes too are taking them seriously and Cartoon Network's Popeye, Tom & Jerry and Scooby Doo have emerged as the top three favourites. And if Star ... More

RETAILING

Softel Machines mulls 300 exclusive stores
SOFTEL Machines Ltd (SML), which makes kitchen appliances such as soda maker, ice-cream maker, hand blender, popcorn maker and atta kneader, has announced its entry into direct retailing of its products through a chain of company-owned ... More

MARKETING RESEARCH

Insurance selling well in rural areas: Study
MOBILE phones, computers, cars, and now insurance. Rural India seems to have an appetite for it all. Going by the findings of a recent study conducted by market research agency, MART, the rural consumer is now exhibiting an increasing ... More

BRANDS

Ashok Leyland to focus on `Leyparts' brand
ASHOK Leyland intends to step up its efforts to promote the `Leyparts' brand, the name under which the company sells its spare parts. Spare parts' sales contribute about Rs 200 crore to the company's turnover, but have been stagnating around this ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Toyota Kirloskar mulls Corolla variants
TOYOTA Kirloskar Motor (TKM), the joint venture subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan, is mulling the launch of two variants of the Toyota Corolla, even as the top end mid-size car, its latest introduction, is being nationally rolled out ... More

Harley Davidson to enter Indian eyewear market
FOR all those macho men who dream about owning a Harley Davidson bike and wish to possess the brand's range of sporty accessories, there is some good news. The $300-million Viva International Group, which is the master licensee for Harley ... More

ITC Foods plans more snacks
ITC Foods plans to add more products in three years even as its latest product, I Biscuits, has garnered a share of over 4 per cent since its launch in January in the snack food market. The Executive Vice-President of ITC Foods, Mr Ravi Naware, ... More

Shaw Wallace to launch soda, water in major cities soon
SHAW Wallace Breweries Ltd (SWBL), part of the $2-billion Jumbo Group launched Royal Challenge packaged drinking water, soda and sparkling water, here on Thursday. Royal Natural Spring Pvt Ltd, a franchisee of SWBL, is manufacturing all the ... More

Here cometh banana in a bottle
IF the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has its way, one just might see a `kela' (banana) soft drink emerging as a healthy alternative to the colas! Coming at a time when cola majors are looking at coconut water, among other ... More