Educational institutions led advertising with 68 per cent share in Jan-May '07, followed by coaching centres with a 15 per cent share.
After shampoos and oral care, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies are betting big on soaps this year.
Reach out-of-court settlement on trademark violation.
In the last two years, a clutch of home-grown fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies sought growth by acquiring companies overseas.
South-based CavinKare announced plans to expand its salon brand, Green Trends, from the current 35 to 70 by the end of 2007 and 140 by end-2008.
The Indian paints industry is likely to piggyback the increased activity in the housing sector and higher sales of automobiles and two-wheelers as well as consumer durables, thanks to rising personal incomes.
Kolkata's Shrachi group has joined hands with two non-resident Indians for a housing complex exclusively for NRIs and their parents living in India.
Rural retail seems to be keeping a lot of women in villages across the country on their toes.
PVR Cinemas, the Rs 180 crore (Rs 1.8 billion) multiplex chain, is foraying into eastern India this financial year. It is looking at setting up 50-60 screens in 7-8 locations in eastern India within the next 5 years.
Consumer durables major Godrej & Boyce plans to enter the television segment in 2008.
Seagram India, a Pernod Ricard group company and the world's second largest wine and spirits conglomerate, is looking at positioning itself as an Indian brand
The Rs 300-crore (Rs 3 billion) Vimal textile brand, launched 27 years ago by Reliance Industries, is preparing for a major comeback this April.
The wireless phone subscriber base in India has already crossed 100 million mark and is expected to more than double to 265.2 million by 2010
The demand for aircrafts and hospitality industry is poised to treble by 2009.
In 2006, Marico acquired four brands, which analysts say are clocking good sales.
Standalone theatres in the city succumb to multiplex pressure.
The Army Institute of Management, Kolkata is gearing up to provide tailor-made courses to executives who have finished college a while ago but want to do additional courses to face the changing world scenario.
The company also believes the e-commerce facility would prove especially handy for the NRI consumers who would want to present gifts to their families back in India.
DishTV too has joined the race and claims to reach 260 million homes by 2015, from 10 million user base at present, on the back of its value-added services and cheaper subscriber base with better quality services.
If you are pressed for time, you could eat, shop, as well as service your car, or fill up diesel or petrol.
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