Dr. Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, L. K. Advani, M. Damodaran and Ravi Narain are the luminaries, who participated at the two-day long Hindustan Times (HT) Leadership Summit was held in the Capital on November 15 and 16 amidst a conglomeration of eminent leaders from all across the world.
Germany's international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, unveiled its first 'DW-Punkt' or Deutsche Welle Point in the National Capital on Thursday. Following the successful launch in Hanoi, this is the second Max Mueller Bhavan (Goethe-Institut) in Asia to be equipped with a multi-media information terminal by Deutsche Welle.
Hitachi Home and Electronics Asia, part of the Japanese consumer electronics giant Hitachi Group, said it was looking for tie-ups with Indian companies for distributing its products.
Derby, a Chennai-based men's fashion brand, has come a long way since its humble beginnings as a tailoring shop in December 1994. The brand is on track to establish a national presence, and made its foray into the Gujarat market last month. A West Bengal launch is due later this financial year.
The Smart Manager, the bi-monthly management magazine printed by Spent Multimedia, has strengthened its knowledge partnership with CNBC-TV18. The Smart Manager and Moneycontrol.com, part of the TV18 Group, have signed an agreement for content partnership.
Online cricket has been growing tremendously and is the latest trend that has caught on with marketers. While there are lots of brands running contests and promotions on cricket websites, the recent success of a Microsoft campaign in which they generated over 50,000 leads during seven cricket days proves the opportunity that is waiting for marketers willing to innovate.
Toyota Kirloskar Motor has won the Best Marketing and Brand Building Strategy of the Year Award at the two-day India Retail Summit 2005 being held in Mumbai. The car major won this award in the Automobile category.
Microsoft India is in talks with the Times Group to launch Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) for the first time in India for its new Windows Media Centre PC. The new version of Windows Media Centre Edition, which Microsoft launched on Thursday, enables users to watch TV, pause and record live programmes besides other multi-media facilities.
The winners at Young Guns Awards 2005 are to be announced today. In the race are five finalist shortlists from India – three from David and two from JWT, Mumbai.
SaharaOne Television has a new property coming in at the 7.30 pm slot. In a bid to capture the young audience in this time band, the channel's new show, 'Saath Rahega Always', is based on campus life. The show, which will air Monday to Friday, will premier on November 28.
The hottest sets of wheels to be released in India this year – Maruti Suzuki Swift and Toyota Innova – have won over the consumers with their performance, according to a new study released by leading market information provider, TNS.
The second day of CII's 'India – The Big Picture' conference, held on the eve of the 36th International Film Festival of India in Goa, took off from yesterday's rather invigorating sessions. Setting the tone for the day's proceeding Bollywood actress, Amisha Patel, spoke on how Indian film talent was making waves in many international markets.
The Times of India calls it a new chapter in the life of its advertising, but the publication is sure gung-ho about its new campaign, which breaks pan India on November 25, 2005. The creative brain behind the campaign is Agnello Dias and the media has been handled by Lodestar Media.
