The reason for the optimistic outlook is the upcoming Commonwealth Games in the Year 2010 and the rapidly gaining momentum of infrastructure development in and around Delhi due to the efforts from both the Indian Government and the private sector. The Indian Tourism and Real Estate industries are bound to see a surge in its fortune as owning a dream home and going for a dream vacation are on the wish list of young people with handsome earnings today.

Real Estate in Delhi including both the commercial properties in Delhi and residential properties in Delhi has always been hot! Same is the story of Gurgaon Real Estate market where the commercial properties in Gurgaon have been much in demand because of the multi-national companies setting up their office infrastructure in the city and the residential properties in Gurgaon being much in demand amongst the workforce at these companies.

Now, with the rapid extension of Delhi Metro to Noida’s Sector 32, the Noida Real Estate prices shot up like anything. With the latest announcement of the Delhi Government to expand the Delhi Metro’s reach to Ghaziabad will have the same rippling effect on the prices of Ghaziabad Real Estate.

The Faridabad Real Estate market is still lagging behind though the prices for real estate properties in Faridabad have seen a modest but yet an improvement within the last couple of years.

With major builders erecting multi-storied apartments with lavish facilities like swimming pools, shopping centres, gaming and sports facilities, spas, gymnasiums etc., the demand for home loans is still strong even though the interest rates have been a deterrent over the last two quarters.

Similarly, Luxury Tours of India are very much in demand by international tourists. Travel Agents in Delhi and Indian Tour Operators are having a field day preparing customized India Tours packages with special travel packages for various tourist destinations in India.

Since the announcement of Taj Mahal being included in the new seven wonders of the world, interested tourists are flocking travel agents India for booking their Taj Mahal Tours.

As of today, the penetration levels of both telecom and power networks is rapidly increasing and so is the tele-density and per capita power consumption. This augurs well for the suppliers of power cables and suppliers of telecom cables.

Apart from the power cables and telecom cables, Indian cables manufacturers are producing technologically advanced specialty cables including instrumentation cables, rubber cables, control cables, which are used by the space, oil, gas, petrochemicals, fertilizers, cement, steel, railways, medical, automotive, electronics and many other core sectors of the Indian economy.

Gucci has many brands including Yves Saint Laurent, Boucheron and Sergio Rossi, and distributes its products through outlets, franchisee operations and departmental stores.

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An experienced SEO company practices only the ethical techniques, also called the white hat SEO techniques, to optimize the pages of a website. This ensures that the web site being optimized will be viewed favorably by the search engines and awarded with a higher rank.

Some rogue SEO companies may indulge in black hat SEO techniques that can attract penalty from the search engines and at times the website can even be banned from their search engine result pages (SERPs). Higher rankings achieved using such shady techniques are often short lived and are detrimental to a company’s branding.

Proper care must be taken when selecting an SEO company so as to ensure that the website is not harmed by the techniques being used to achieve high rankings in the search engine results.

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Outdoor Travel is a popular form of India Travel for the avid travelers who have an adventurous streak and are on a lookout for an adventure tour in India!

The Tents Manufacturer in Delhi has a wide range of offerings - from camping tents to relief tents to display tents, and from garden umbrellas to display umbrellas, the Tents Manufacturer India has everything in its rather exhaustive product line.

The camping trips in the hills of Northern India have always caught the fancy of tourists coming to India as the serene locales offer the most sought after natural relaxation for the weary minds.

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Tiles may be used as a flooring option, walls or countertops, tiles are available in a variety of sizes, styles and colors, making them an unparalleled choice for achieving an extremely personalized designer look for your home or office complementing your personality.

As any interior decorator would tell you, there’s absolutely no shortage of variety when working with tiles. One can choose from a wide variety to achieve an endless array of designer looks for your home or office – from monochromatic to multi-colored, or any combination of the two. The look of your tiles can range from traditional to contemporary or any point in between, as you have the option to choose from a variety of colors, patterns and sizes, gloss or matte finishes, textured or smooth surfaces. In essence, the sky’s the limit when designing your office or home with ceramic tiles.

Tiles are also extremely durable, wear-resistant and easy to clean and therefore, a good choice for high frequented areas of your home or office. While bathrooms and kitchens are the most popular installations, family rooms and terrace could be considered as well.

Cleaning and maintenance of ceramic tiles is extremely easy if it is done on a regular basis. However, abrasives or oil-based cleaners must be avoided.

With so many user friendly features to boast of, no wonder that tile flooring is a favorite of an interior designer.

Vinyl is undoubtedly the most versatile of the flooring options available to those interested in livening up of their floors. The majority of vinyl flooring manufacturers have a wear layer on their vinyl flooring that protects a photographic image printed on the material. There are thousands of colors and styles to choose from, and the affordable pricing makes vinyl an attractive option for almost any kind of budget.

Cleaning, maintenance and care of vinyl flooring are very easy. Vinyl floors are very much appreciated because of the fact that they are easy to take care of and clean, and are generally resistant to the daily wear and tear making them a very sensible choice particularly for the kitchen and bathroom even though they prove to be as good for any other room in your home.

With the plethora of choices out there, it becomes a little difficult to choose from and compare all types of flooring, including carpets & rugs, laminate, hardwood, vinyl, and ceramic tile.

And then, of course, there comes the question of the maintenance of your floor so that it is able to maintain its shine and sheen and contributes to your sense of immense pride
Today onwards, we are introducing a regular column on Interior Decoration and will handle flooring as the first topic while trying to help you ascertain what kind of floor is right for you while helping you learn anything and everything that you might need to know about floor types, various options, their durability, their care and maintenance, and installation.

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Varied Tour Packages maybe designed by a travel agency delhi to suit the preferences of the tourists interested in India Travel.

Off late, India Luxury Tours are beginning to catch the fancy of a lot of tourists traveling to India. Check These out -

1. Golden Route
2. Northern Mystery
3. Cultural Extravaganza
4. Majestic India
5. Rajasthan LIVE
6. Sovereign South
7. Southern Sensation
8. Karnataka- Goa- Mumbai
9. North-East Corridor
10. Splendid North India
11. India Jungle Safari-I
12. India Jungle Safari-II
13. India Buddhist Sector-I
14. India Buddhist Sector-II
15. Panoramic India-I
16. Panoramic India-II
17. India’s North East
18. Central India
19. The Heritage Route
20. Beaches of India
21. Rajasthan Tour
22. Taj Mahal Tour

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The Royal Time Machine to boost Heritage Tourism in India

Ultra luxurious mobile royal palaces to ply Delhi roads

In an unprecedented endeavour to promote India’s heritage tourism amongst travelers worldwide who seek the most luxurious of experiences, TRTM Tourism Private Limited, a privately owned luxury travel and hospitality company, has announced the launch of ultra-luxurious fleet of specially customized vehicles called The Royal Time Machines for the intra-city tour segment. These vehicles have been exclusively designed to convert them into mobile royal palaces, which offer a unique blend of the royal ambience of the bygone eras and the hi-tech modern amenities. The Royal Time Machine will have regular morning and evening tours apart from the facility of customized tours for specific groups based on their interest.

Said Ms. Suparna Chopra, Promoter, The Royal Time Machine, “Travelers today are seeking experiences that they can cherish through their lives. The Royal Time Machine aims to provide such a commemorative regal experience showcasing India’s rich cultural heritage the way it hasn’t been showcased to the world ever before.”

The Royal Time Machine has launched 2 of its vehicles for Delhi in the first phase of the project and plans to expand the service to cover the golden triangle by next year. The planned investment in the project is to the tune of Rs 40 crore over the next 5 years.

Said Ms. Shivani Chopra, Promoter, The Royal Time Machine, “Our research shows that there is a huge gap between the demand and supply of quality services in the intra-city tours segment. We aim to capitalize upon the opportunity and tap on the inherent latent potential of the market.”

Originally meant to be 55-seaters, The Royal Time Machines will accommodate not more than 19 people so as to provide the best of comforts to its customers. Complete with plush interiors and a host of world-class amenities, The Royal Time Machine will enable the high-end tourists to travel through time and revisit the golden era in the ambience of royal luxury.

The Royal Time Machines will have two different themes of the Rajput and the Mughal periods. The interiors of The Royal Time Machine give the glimpse of that era with paintings, chandeliers, hukkas, surahis and lamps etc. The entire staff is dressed in styles reminiscent of that period to create a truly royal experience!

The Royal Time Machine has on board a number of modern amenities for its customers, the kind that are expected from a 5-Star hotel in the city. These include:

• 4 LCD screens which run the entire route and show a film (created exclusively for The Royal Time Machine) on the regal history of Delhi
• Multi lingual voice-overs will allow non-English speaking tourists to enjoy the film in a language of their own choice.
• Large comfortable couches to accommodate only 19 people in the space originally meant for a 55-seater
• Chemical restrooms
• A kitchenette
• A bar to serve drinks
• Traditionally dressed host and hostess and an attendant to serve snacks and drinks
• Tour guide and interpreter

In short, anything and everything that might be required by the discerning traveler would be available on-board. The Royal Time Machines would stop at the relevant monuments and archaeological sites in the city for a guided tour, which would be offered in different languages based on the convenience and the preference of the clientèle.

Some of the historical monuments that will be covered by The Royal Time Machine include Red Fort, Qutab Minar, Lodi Gardens, Safdarjung Tomb, Humayun’s Tomb, Lotus Temple etc. The evening tour will also feature a folk and classical program.

The Royal Time Machine tour packages are priced at USD 160 for the morning tours and USD 165 for the evening tours. The fee will include all the costs associated with the tour including entry fee to the monuments, drinks and snacks on board, service charges and applicable taxes. Desiring travelers can make the advance booking either by logging on to The Royal Time Machine’s website - or through their associate partners and tour operators.

About The Royal Time Machine
The Royal Time Machine is the name given to an ultra-luxurious fleet of specially customized vehicles for intra-city tours introduced by TRTM Tourism Private Limited, a privately owned luxury travel and hospitality company belonging to an eminent business group set up in 1984 with diverse business interests that include companies like Energy Projects India Ltd., Fuji Industries, S&S Silks, Indo Computer Services, Indo Medicor Ltd., MEI Builders Pvt. Ltd., OCG Properties Pvt. Ltd., S.C.S.L Buildwell Ltd. The group is promoted by the alumnus of IIT-Kharagpur and IIM-Ahmedabad.

India has always been popular amongst travelers worldwide for its rich culture and heritage and The Royal Time Machine aims at alleviating the quality of services currently on offer in the city tours segment of the Indian travel and tourism industry. An innovator and a pioneer in the intra-city tours segment, The Royal Time Machine will initially showcase Delhi’s rich cultural inheritance to a worldwide audience through a never-before offered kind of experience.

That’s what we call India Luxury Tours in style!

Under the guidance of Dr. Shivani, the experienced team of mantra healers, capitalises upon the vast and ancient knowledge base we have inherited from our ancestors and utilise it in diagnosing and providing holistic therapy solutions to people’s personal and professional problems.

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The online shop has Mp3 Players, MP4 Players, Bluetooth devices, Card Readers, Watches, USB Devices, Pen Drives and multiple other gadgets.

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Orane is an event management company in Delhi. It provides event management services related to seminars, sports events, exhibitions, corporate events, and other events.
It is well respected amongst its customer because of being a thoroughly professional event management agency.

The recent world cup debacle of Indian Cricket Team must also prove to be a boon to him and many other top shots from the Bollywood.
After Tata Sky and Acer, Hrithik has now been roped in by Sony Ericsson as its brand ambassador for India and the SAARC countries.

Sony Ericsson has signed him hoping to strengthen its position in the market as a leading lifestyle brand. The actor will endorse all Sony Ericsson products and will be part of the company’s marketing initiatives.

Tata Sons Executive Director R Gopalakrishnan on Saturday said that The Tata brand had been valued at $5.5 billion (nearly Rs 24,200 crore). Diversified conglomerate Tata is be the country’s most valuable brand.

Wow… that’s a cool sum that Tata has been evaluated at
The story also concludes by mentioning that

Mukesh Ambani controlled Reliance Industries is India’s most valued firm in terms of market capitalisation.

I bet that Mr. Ambani wouldn’t be so happy at the second rung… wad’ya say guys?

Student Loan Consolidation is a practical repayment management option to bundle all of the federal student loans a student has received to finance his college education into one.

When a new loan is issued to the student, the lender (bank in most cases) typically pays off the outstanding balances of the loans consolidated.

In essence, the student gets a refinance on his college education debt. However, loan consolidation isn’t only for students, either. Their parents can consolidate loans to save just as much money each month as their kids.

Refinancing can significantly reduce the monthly payment burden by stretching your repayment period from the standard 10 years to up to 30 years, depending on the amount that is owed.

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The company offers Helicopter Service for Amarnath Yatra 2006 , which is expected to last for two months.

The annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine, beginning from June 11, would last till August 11, 2006, and that the passage to the shrine would be through Baltal, Sonmarg and Pahalgam.

Uni-Tea (India) is an ISO 9001 : 2000 certified company and one of the leading tea, spices and Energy Drinks Manufacturer & Marketer in India. Uni-Tea’s products are distributed around the country. Uni-Tea (India) also export its products and are working towards expanding its market base in many countries worldwide. Uni-Tea (India) is on the lookout of new distributors/dealers in unrepresented regions both in India and abroad.

Uni-Tea (India) started its tea blending, packaging and marketing activities under the present name, Uni-Tea (India) in the year 1995. Earlier the company was run by the name ‘Talwar Traders’ for about 25 years. Read More…

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Comprising articles by several veterans and emerging talents, Making News, the handbook has received praise from people like Sir Mark Tully and Robin Jeffery for its rich and multi-dimensional view of various facets of the Indian news media.

The writers include media bigwigs like Rajdeep Sardesai (CNN-IBN) • Vanita Kohli (Businessworld) • Chandan Mitra (The Pioneer) • Anubhav Tagore (The Times) • Raghu Rai (Photojournalist) • K.S. Sarma (Prasar Bharati) • Vir Sanghvi (Hindustan Times) • Sanjeev Srivastava (BBC) • Vartika Nanda (Parliament TV) • Chandra Kant Singh (JIMC) • Ajai Shukla (NDTV) • Alka Saxena (Janmat) • Navneet Anand (ToI) • Mrinal Pande (Hindustan) • Uday Sahay (Prasar Bharati) • Zia-Us-Salam ( The Hindu) • Shireen Sethi (Electronic Media) • Pavan Choudary (Author) • Suhel Seth (Equus Redcell) • S.Y. Quraishi (Secretary, GOI) • Arvind Sinha (CPIML) • Rajiv Kumar (Doordarshan) • Jyotsna Sahay (Freelancer) • Amit Kumar Sharma (JNU) • Alok Mehta ( Outlook Saptahik) • Sidharth Mishra (The Pioneer) • Rakesh Belwal (Addis Ababa University) • Neeraj Daftuar (PR) • Dinesh C. Sharma (Freelancer) • B.P. Sanjay (Media academician) • Sudhanshu Ranjan (Doordarshan) • Y.C. Halan (formerly with Financial Express) • Akshay Rout (AIR) • Sundeep Misra (Sports Journalist) • Kanchan Kumar (Media academician) • Ajmal Jami (NDTV)

AC Nielson ORG-MARG conducted a survey for the most trusted brands of 2005 to identify the best brands for consumers. These brands are believed to provide quality and reassurance to consumers. Nearly 275 brands were evaluated in this survey.This ranking is based on the consumers brand experience and satisfaction.

Other brands in India’s high-end watch market are Rado, Longines, Tissot and Tag Heuer.

Titan’s existing brands are Sonata, Raga, Fastrack, Nebula, Crown and Titan.

Titan also markets international brand Tommy Hilfiger watches in India.

S Kumar’s is currently on the look-out for prime acquisition targets to implement its expansion plans. The new outlets will mostly be exclusive franchisee stores, both stand-alone high-street outlets and in stores in the burgeoning malls in various cities across India.

Last year, the brand registered a 40% growth in revenues to contribute some Rs 250 crore in sales across the country. ]]> http://www.superbrands-news.com/2006/02/13/s-kumars-reid-taylor-to-set-up-150-outlets.htm/feed http://www.superbrands-news.com/2006/02/12/technorati-profile.htm http://www.superbrands-news.com/2006/02/12/technorati-profile.htm#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:21:57 +0000 Admin http://superbrands-news.amol.biz/?p=261 Technorati Profile

Said Mr. MK Modi, Chairman and Managing Director, Group MKM, “We are pleased to announce the initiation of the new joint venture. The opportunities in this sector are immense as there is a huge gap between the demand and supply for world class engineering plastics in the country. We have had successful business relationship with RadiciGroup for years and the new venture adds yet another dimension to our association.”

Radici Plastics, a RadiciGroup’s company, which holds the rights to internationally acclaimed commercial brands like Radilon, Heramid, Radiflam etc. would allow the use of the same by the joint venture company, which will set up a local production unit to manufacture nylon engineering plastics with the expert know-how and brands of Radici Plastics.

Said Mr. Luigi Gerolla, CEO of Radici Plastics, “It is our pleasure to extend our relationship with Group MKM. We are extremely impressed by the group’s professionalism and expert insights into the markets in India and other countries in the Indian sub-continent. These markets have an immense untapped potential and we hope to capitalise on the same through this association. We are confident that our new joint venture will be able to provide us with the necessary leverage into these opportunities.”

The joint venture company aims at acquiring significant market share in the fast growing engineering plastics market in the region within the next three years through a combination of locally-produced materials and import of materials manufactured in Europe. Its mission will be to sell polyamide-based engineering polymers throughout India and its neighbouring countries.

About Group MKM

Group MKM is a Rs. 6.4 billion group having diversified business interests. The various business entities that are a part of Group MKM include immensely successful companies like Modipon Fibres, Modi Industries Ltd. Ashoka Mercantile Ltd., Sunrise Soya products, Exevo Inc. USA and Exevo India etc. These companies are active in various domains including paints, varnishes, vanaspati, exports, marketing, texturising, leasing, finance, agriculture products, information technology, business process outsourcing etc.

About RadiciGroup

RadiciGroup, a multinational currently operating in 15 countries, is one of the most globally-active Italian chemical groups. Its production focuses on chemicals and the synthetic fibres chain. With 45 production units and around 5,100 employees around the globe, the Group closed its 2005 financial year with a consolidated sales revenue around 1,100 million euros.
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Said Mr. Aditya Ahluwalia, Managing Director, World Phone, “We are trying to shrink the world and still keep it affordable for the consumers! Remaining true to our vision of making superior quality international calling solutions available to customers at affordable prices, our Economy Plan empowers our customers to place calls to a plethora of countries for an extremely affordable monthly subscription fee.”

Targeted at home users and small and medium sized businesses, the World Phone Economy Plan calls will be routed through the worldwide internet backbone leveraging World Phone’s high speed data networks spread across the country. More details on the World Phone Economy Plan may be accessed on World Phone’s website.

“World Phone is currently looking at expanding its customer base around the country, particularly in the home users and small and medium sized business segments. Our Economy Plan, backed by our world class technology backbone, will enable us gain a strong foothold in these segments,” added Mr. Ahluwalia.

With high profile corporate clients like HCL Technologies Limited, ICICI Bank Limited, Rose International, Interra Systems Pvt. Ltd., Hinduja’s, Ebix Software, Solutions Inc., Jet Airways and NIIT Ltd., World Phone is one of the leading Internet Telephony Services Provider in the Indian market.

About World Phone Internet Services Private Limited
World Phone is the first company in India to get ITSP license from Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. Currently the company provides a host of IT solutions like broadband connectivity, corporate VoIP solution and Internet calling cards to its clients like HCL, NIIT, Rediff.Com, Jet Airways, ICICI Bank, Ebix, Solutions Inc. etc. World Phone has a nationwide presence with corporate office in New Delhi and regional offices in Mumbai and Ahmedabad and associate offices in Hyderabad Bangalore, Kolkata and Chennai.

World Phone has the backing of WPI Group, Inc., a US corporation established by former senior executives of Fortune 100 Telecom companies in 1989. Over the years, WPI and its affiliate companies have specialized in consulting services for major Telecom and multinational clients, international premium rate call processing services, and established and operated Call Centers in over 40 countries throughout Central and Eastern Europe and Asia.

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Within that, sale of M&HCVs declined by 12.31 per cent to 8,011 units (9,136 units) but LCV sales increased by 45 per cent to 5,946 units. With 12,993 units sold, Tata Motors’ passenger vehicle sales declined by 15 per cent in July. Sales of the Indica fell by 22.7 per cent to 7,369 units (9,534 units) and that of the Indigo, by 5.92 per cent to 3,101 units (3,296 units). Sales of the Sumo and Safari however rose to 2,523 units (2,445 units). The brand’s cumulative vehicle sales for the year so far, was up 3.2 per cent to 118,666 units.

On the domestic front, total sale of commercial vehicles dipped by 3.59 per cent to 51,188 units (53,092 units) and that of passenger vehicles, by 3.3 per cent to 54,185 units. Exports for the period were up 128 per cent to 13,293 units, including a 169.3 per cent gain in July to 4,220 units (1,567 units).

The order is the first among the number of orders the company expects from US FoodService over the next two quarters. This order is for the east coast market of the US, and the shipments are expeceted to be completed before Thanksgiving in October.

The departure of Mr Gupta, who had been on medical leave for several days now, had been anticipated after the brand hived off the bottling operations into a separate entity. As per the new structure, Mr John Ustas, who was heading the brand’s bottling operations in Norway and was appointed the CEO of Company-owned Bottlers (CoBos) in India early last month, will report to Mr Steve Buffington, Regional Director of Latin America and Asia for Bottling Investments.

Following the shake-up, Mr Gupta was left with the charge of the concentrate business, franchise bottlers and marketing operations. The Coca-Cola India division comprises India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and franchisees, as well as bottling operations in India.

The company sold 4,283 vehicles, against 3,839 in July 2004. Cumulative sales for the period April-July 2005 was 17,603 vehicles, 18 per cent higher than in the same period last year.

The brand has a 42 per cent market share in the 0.75-tonne payload segment, where main competition is from Bajaj Tempo’s Minidor. The diesel engine Alfa will compete with Piaggio’s APE and Bajaj Auto’s GC1000.

Cargo model sales had moved up from 37,000 units in 2003 to 93,059 units in 2005. South India accounted for 44 per cent of the relevant market, followed by the West with 27 per cent, the East at 22 per cent and the North with 11 per cent. Within South India, Andhra Pradesh was the biggest market with a 40 per cent share. M&M will be producing the Alfa at its Zaheerabad plant. It will be rolled out across the South and Maharashtra by October and be available nationwide by year-end.

The decision was taken in view of the downward fluctuations of lead price in the international market and reduction of duty on the metal, posing viability risk for the project. The lead acid battery major, which had planned to set up the smelter plant in central India through a JV with MRI, had almost finalised investments and capacity for the plant after the lead prices witnessed a steady increase.

Besides MRI, the company also had obtained a proposal from a Russian firm in this regard.
The brand would also have to chalk out a flaw-less logistics plan for collecting scraps from various locations.

Access and content on the Voice Response platform earlier available in English and Hindi will now be available in 3 more languages -Kannada, Telugu and Tamil besides English and Hindi. The regional content will include Caller Tunes, Ringtones, Jokes in regional languages and other offerings are to be launched shortly.

Bangalore and the Karnataka circle has seen some of the largest growth in percentage terms in mobile growth for Hutch. Karnataka and more specifically Bangalore has a multiplicity of languages with all the five languages offered here being popular with the respective segment. In AP, the service will be offered in three languages - Telugu, Hindi and until now the only other state where a regional language service was being offered along with Hindi and English is Gujarat.

As far as Indian market is concerned Reebok is market leader in branded sports wear category. It has 150 outlets and more than 3000 stockists all over India, with a market share of around 45 percent where Adidas has 30 percent market share and biggest player in the world athletic and life style branding, Nike has 25 percent share. Total size of branded sports wear market in India is Rs. 375-400 crore.

After this deal between German brand Adidas and Reebok, a new company is likely to be formed which will have a combined annual sale of some $11.1 billion where Nike’s annual sales are $ 14 billion worldwide. In the market Adidas is popular among soccer, track and field fans and Reebok appeals to fans of sneakers, athletic football, base ball and basketball. Adidas and Reebok deal is done to face Nike’s competition in world market.

The merger and change of name takes effect post consents and approvals from the shareholders and the High Courts at Kolkata, Mumbai and Bangalore.

The change of name to Philips Electronics India Limited enables the Company to present a unified face of the brand to all stakeholders. Business operations will not change as a consequence of the merger and name change; the aim is to simplify and rationalize Philips’ operations in India - through a single legal entity.

Bharti also announced a landmark technology outsourcing arrangement with Nortel wherein Nortel will deliver technology and expert resources required to provide world-class customer services to Bharti’s customers via voice advanced speech recognition, multimedia contact center, unified messaging, computer-telephony integration, IP-enabled video communications and receiving & routing calls to the respective customer service partners.

The agreement to outsource its call center operations by Bharti provides for the use of world-class customer service technology solutions in accordance with the international best practices and technology. The strategic move would also enable the brand to provide a standardized, consistent and a high quality contact experience to all its customers, in all the 23 mobile circles in India. This would also create economies of scale through consolidation of contact centers, which in turn will result in reduction of capital investment for technology upgrades.

Tata Tea has been looking at North and South American markets with primary focus on beverages, ready-to-drink tea and herbal tea while the South African market is also an attractive destination after the company’s launch of its brands there.

Meanwhile, the company has also chalked out an expansion plan for its packaged drinking water business. Parle bisleri has appointed city-based Orient Beverages Ltd as sole franchisee in Eastern india while targeting to double sales in the next one year. Besides, the total production capacity of packaged drinking water would be enhanced from the current 4,500 bottles per minute to 6,000 bottles per minute at an investment of Rs 10-20 crore.

Claiming a market share of about 60% among the top three brands Other two are Kinley of Coca-Cola India and Aquafina of PepsiCo India) in the packaged water business. Domestic packaged water business has a market size of around Rs 1,000 crore and was expected to grow at a healthy rate. The company, as part of its innovative packaging strategy, haas plans to launch a new 250 ml pack and has developed a breakaway seal cap to make its 20 litre package duplicate-proof.

The 2.5 mtpa blast furnace order given to consortium of L&T, Paul Wurth-Italia, Paul Wurth-India is part of the next phase of the Tata Steel’s expansion plans.

This is the second major order in this phase of expansion as it had placed order for the 2-mtpa-sinter plant also with L&T and Outokumpu.

Indiabulls has granted an over-allotment option of up to $19.51 million to Merrill Lynch International. The issue was priced after market trading hours yesterday.

Indiabull’s GDR is expected to be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Merrill Lynch International and Citigroup acted as the lead managers for this offering.

In line with this development, Philips India, the local arm of the leading audio brand, is planning to invest 3% of its total sales turnover in brand promotion across India during the course of the year with an objective to boost volumes by 18-20% in the second half of the year.

Besides, Philips is expected to demonstrate its new brand positioning, build valuable relationships, and showcase connectivity between products and customers. Philips hopes to bring the brand values of the FIFA World Cup and Philips to life by enabling football enthusiasts across the world, and, especially India, to view the FIFA World Cup through Philips’ products, and, services.

The banks will now make an application to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the regulator’s approval. The merged entity is proposed to be under the brand name “Centurion Bank of Punjab” subject to statutory and regulatory clearances and would build upon the strong brand identities of the two banks. Once approved by the regulatory, the merger will result in the creation of a leading private sector bank in India with a nation-wide presence of about 238 branches and extension counters, 384 ATM’s, about 2.2 million cutomers and strength in the retail, SME and agricultural segments.

The sports goods leading brand has two companies in India – Adidas India Marketing Pvt Ltd and Adidas India Pvt Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Adidas-Salomon AG. While Reebok had revenues of Rs 2.5 billion in 2004 and targeted Rs 5 billion in the current year, Adidas aims at four-fold growth in sales in the next three years.

Globally, Adidas is the number two brand in the sports goods industry after Nike, while Reebok is the number three player in terms of sales.