The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 14, 2008

BRAND LINE

BRANDS: Time by design
Titan believes it’s design that will transform the watch from timekeeper to lifestyle statement.. It couldn’t be more typical than this for Monday-morning blahs. It’s 10 a.m. and traffic on the (now old) Airport Road in ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Our strengths are own brands and retail’
Bhaskar Bhat, Titan Industries’ Managing Director, in a freewheeling chat with BrandLine.. Fifty-three-year-old Bhaskar Bhat, Titan Industries’ dapper Managing Director, has been with the company virtually since ...

BRANDS: Higher, Faster, Further?
Second chances, cheering for the underdog … the Olympics can teach the marketing world quite a few lessons.. The Olympics! The very epitome of human physical achievement, as exemplified by that glorious clarion call
PEOPLE: Take stock of her share
This former president of the Bombay Stock Exchange has “the nose to spot a mess” and clean it up.. The stock markets are giving the poor unsuspecting investor the jitters. Dalal Street, home to the benchmark Sensex, seems to be ...

ADVERTISING: A compass of one’s imagination
Titan’s latest TVC urges viewers to rekindle their dreams.. You’ve seen him several times in the ad on television — running on a beach, go-karting, sitting with a trucker, playing the fool with a child, meditating … ...

INTERVIEW: Omega and the Olympics
Christophe Berthaud, CEO of Swiss Timekeeping, on the long and enduring relationship between the premium watch brand and the Games.. “Sport is linked with great emotions. It appeals to a huge variety of human feelings: ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Thin solutions
VLCC has revealed a new health solution, Shape UP (HTA), for hips, thighs and arms. It is claimed to be a clinically proven Ayurveda offering that addresses the problem of cellulite. The solution contains herbal and vegetable extracts meant to ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Bat an eyelid
Oriflame has launched Lash Extreme Mascara. This mascara comes with an eight-hour no-smudge formula and is intended to make eyelashes look doubly bold and intense. It contains natural acacia gum and has a blend of advanced waxes. Available in ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Go pink
TTK Prestige has brought out a new range of mixer-grinders in pink. Tulip, as the mixer is called, is claimed to be the first of its kind with features such as flow-breaker design, super-efficient blades and computer-designed jars for faster ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Get talking
Timex has launched its Conversation Starters Collection. The collection, exclusively for men, comes with 21 new styles and trendy designs. The collection is priced between Rs 3,000 to Rs 10,000 and is available at all Time Factory stores and ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Can it!
Tupperware India has introduced One Touch Canister, which is inspired by the Royal Jaipur Collection of Jaipur blue pottery. Priced at Rs 400, the canister has a capacity of two litres and is meant to store dry ...

ADVERTISING: AAAI honours Ranjan Kapur
The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) used to have an annual award called the AAAI Premnarayan Award, which was conferred on an individual as a kind of a lifetime achievement honour. Most of the big guns have received this ...

BOOKS: When customers look beyond price bookmark
The customer’s world has drastically and irrevocably changed, but the salesperson’s world has not kept up, fret Tom Snyder and Kevin Kearns in Escaping the Price-Driven Sale (
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