The Centre, under attack for rising sugar prices, is weighing the option of asking bulk consumers, like makers of sweets, soft drinks, fruit juice, chocolate, ice cream and biscuits, to use only imported refined sugar instead of buying domestic supplies.
The French designer, who famously lost 90 pounds by drinking only the low-calorie drink, has launched three bottles which will bear his name and immediately recognisable ponytailed silhouette, reported Daily Mail online.
Consumers have given a thumbs-up to these products, especially in countries such as India. The latter remains a key market for these brands, with volume sales seeing double-digit growth quarter on quarter.
Rajneesh Gupta takes a look at Sachin Tendulkar's 10 most memorable knocks in One-day internationals.
In automobiles or retail, engineering or even the regulated insurance sector, the traction for foreign investors seems to be rising.
Led by a new generation of entrepreneurs, India's family offices are shifting from traditional investments in physical and tangible assets like real estate to investing in technology, healthcare, and retail stocks. This new wave of family offices is engaging in stock market investments, including pre-IPO placements and secondary market operations. "Born into a world of technology, the next generation, especially those born after 2000, view technology as equally crucial as finance for running a business.
The Winona Coca-Cola Bottling Comapany has been filling the bottle since it opened in 1932, eighty years ago.
Oh how we miss those blissful and simple times! Don't you too?
The Tata Group has been named the world's eleventh most reputed company, according to a study compiled by United States-based Reputation Institute.
A study by the Centre for Science and Environment, an NGO, has claimed that bottled soft drinks contain deadly pesticides.
Be it soft drink ones such as Coca-Cola, beer maker SABMiller or packaged water firm Bisleri, they are all measuring the water consumed for bottling every litre of their retailed drinks, trying to cap this and replenish the sources.
The plant at Pudussery was found to have been depleting the water table in the locality over the years.
The concern is that the scheme may not take off, like its precursor in the previous five-year plan.
Coca-Cola's sports-loving CEO on the strategy that has helped him steer the soft drinks giant out of various crises.
One of the richest persons in the world, Buffett is the chairman and chief executive of the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, which has holdings in diverse firms like Coca-Cola and Swiss Re.
Here's a look at the top 10 ad jingles, which used old Bollywood tunes.
Tata has moved up the ladder in a list of the world's most-valued brands.
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is understood to have finalised a three year endorsement deal estimated around Rs 20 crore with beverage major Coca Cola, after rival PepsiCo dropped him about two-and-half years back.
The knowledge component and managerial competence gives Indian companies an edge to be competitive, says B S Prakash.
Just four years before, Coke factories consumed over four litres of water for every litre of beverage sold. Now, it is 2.5 litres, a reduction of 34 per cent.
Amul, non-government organisations reach out to buyers through the virtual world, which is free.
Leading TV channels will see a blackout of spot advertising from midnight tonight after Hindustan Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Airtel, Pepsi, Coca-Cola and Reliance Communications, among others, directed their media-buying agencies not to book such advertisements on 16 news and entertainment channels, including NDTV, Network 18, Zee News, Star News, starting October 16.
It's impossibly difficult to make a great film about a superhero who uses a country's name as his own.
This is going to be the lowest price for a Coke product in the non-returnable ready-to-drink category.
The Union finance ministry may have to battle it out in court with the sponsors of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament to make them comply with its service tax payment demands.
There is also a growing realisation amongst companies that very small children are not able to comprehend communication properly.
The 14-member Committee, headed by additional chief secretary K Jayakumar, also recommended setting up of a tribunal to take the legal process forward since it would not be possible to the affected people to individually fight the legal battle.
To have a bigger slice of the estimated Rs 2,698-crore market growing at 25 per cent, Coca-Cola India has unveiled the summer campaign for its mango drink, Maaza.
The Karnataka government has withdrawn its ban on the sale of 12 soft drinks, including Pepsi and Coca-Cola, in and around educational institutions, hospitals and government offices.
The actor is ready with the Kannada film which also stars Anjana Sukhani and Yuvika Choudhary.
Educational technology company Byju's chief financial officer Ajay Goel has quit after completing the audit process for the financial year 2022 and will return to Vedanta, the company said in a statement. The edtech major has roped in industry veteran Pradip Kanakia as senior advisor, and president (finance) Nitin Golani has been given additional responsibility as India chief finance officer (CFO) to handle the finance function of the company.
Lok Sabha Deputy Leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra said Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' reaction to the CSE study was highly condemnable as the minister said there was no need for an inquiry.
Jon Wilkins, founding partner of Naked Communications, which gives communication consultancy to some of the world's biggest companies such as Coca-Cola, Nestle and Nokia, is looking for people to set shop in India. Initially, he wants to work with only three people here, who have an entrepreneurial spirit & an understanding for brand strategy. He is attracted to India for 3 reasons - India is ready for change, ad market here is growing rapidly and new channels are opening up.
With Doordarshan opting out of the simultaneous coverage of the India-South Africa three-test match series, sports channel Neo Sports the exclusive telecast rights holder for the series hopes to rake in Rs 70 crore in advertising revenue. Neo Sports has eight on-air sponsors (two co-sponsors and six associate sponsors). Coca-Cola, Airtel, Hero Honda, Pidilite and Asian Paints are putting about Rs 26-28 crore, while the remaining amount will come from spot selling.
The high court, while directing the companies to make 'a complete and full disclosure', had asked them to either declare that soft-drinks did not contain pesticide residues. Challenging th HC order, the two MNCs had moved the apex court in August 2005 on the ground that such a disclosure could not be printed on their bottles without fixation of standards by the central government.
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have already announced plans to enter the milk-based beverages segment in the country. Reliance Retail, which has entered the diary segment with Dairy Pure, its milk brand, may also expand into niche categories. Industry observers believe that Bharti Retail may also be working its way towards marking an entry into the dairy space.
Google's comments echo figures released recently by AT&T and O2, which carry the iPhone exclusively in the US and UK respectively.
Some of the country's leading FMCG companies they include Nestle, Coca-Cola and Tata Coffee - are investing over Rs 1,800 crore (Rs 18 billion) in the next few months to expand capacity or for inorganic growth.
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