As competition in the low-cost carrier (LCC) space increases, many of them have doubled their advertising spending, increased promotional offers and even gone in for a completely new look and feel, as they take on growing competition from the likes of Kingfisher, Jet Airways and Air India.
The below-average monsoon this year and the subsequent shortfall in the production of sugarcane in India will see the prices of Indian Made Foreign Liquor increase by 10-15 per cent in the next financial year, say industry experts.
Hi-end smartphones are all set to make a huge splash this year. Relatively new players like Acer are throwing down the gauntlet to established smartphone makers such as Nokia and Sony Ericsson. And, all this is only going to make your decision-making tougher.
Come September, the company will launch its Time Travel -- Journey 1 album with Sonu Nigam to be released on Nokia's 5130
With the rural segment accounting for 60 per cent of sales for fast moving consumer goods companies and 40-50 per cent for consumer durables manufacturers, the government's admission of sowing having fallen almost 20 per cent due to the weak monsoon, and declaring 161 districts as drought-prone, has put these sectors under a cloud.
With the Wii console, players can use the motion sensor, the game controller remote, as a tennis racket or even a baseball bat during a gameplay.
Realising that raising money for charity will only get tougher in the present economic environment, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has decided to harness the ever-increasing mobile users in India.
Creative is no newcomer in the consumer electronics market -- they have been making audio and video products for ages -- but it still doesn't take an expert eye to conclude that Creative's Vado, a pocket-size camcorder, is strikingly similar to the popular Flip camcorder from Pure Digital. After Sony, Pure Digital and Creative launched their pocket camcorders, Kodak too carted out the Zi6, a diminutive camcorder, in the market.
Personal care products, the firm's most profitable segment, has been losing market share consistently over the past several quarters. The first quarter of this financial year hasn't been too exciting either. Domestic sales grew by 12.8 per cent, with underlying volume growth of about 2 per cent.
According to a web information company, Alexa, Google dominates the charts but Bing is already at 19th position with about 5 per cent of users from India accessing internet to visit Bing.
A survey by five brokerage houses -- SBICap Securities, Angel Broking, ICICI Securities, Motilal Oswal and HSBC Securities -- reveals that after a volatile calendar year which saw input costs rise to record levels in the first half and then fall dramatically in the second half, FMCG companies will now see the benefit, as it usually takes a quarter for falling costs to show in the results.
Analysts say they have more product ideas, nimbler market responses than the giants.
Fast moving consumer goods company Dabur is planning to acquire more companies in the healthcare segment in India and could spend up to Rs 500 crore for the buyouts.
Nokia has launched the Ovi Store with the singular objective of becoming that one-stop shop where Nokia itself as well as third-party developers can sell (or give away free) latest apps and utilities.
But the fear of less-than-normal rain hitting rural demand continues to haunt the industry.
Reliance also plans to convert the book into an adult audio mobile book.
A host of parents are now warming up to gaming because of the significant improvement they have seen in their children's problem-solving skills ever since they started playing video games. Alok Kejriwal, CEO and co-founder of Games2Win, believes parents are realising the need to rethink their attitude towards their kids' interest in online games that are educational and complementary to schooling.
The Indian foods industry is at an inflection point, believe major fast moving consumer goods companies.
The upcoming centre will be spread over 37 acres and is expected to be operational by the first quarter of next year, said David Andrews, CEO of Xchanging. Xchanging is also in talks with at least three top Indian corporate houses to enter the domestic outsourcing market.
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