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JAIPUR: It’s regrettable that the government is willing to pay an unemployed woman for lifting mud at an NREGA site, but if little consideration is made for protection of traditional craft and trade, these people would not have been left unemployed in the first place, says Rajeev Sethi, whose contribution in the field of crafts and [...]
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Talking about sachets is unlikely to cause any surprise. After all, the FMCG sector has been talking sachets for a long time and other segments like food and beverages have followed suit with varied degree of success. So why are we talking about these mini packs again? Because the products in question are OTC (over [...]
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With a view to provide e-Marketing facilities for Indian Handicrafts, and Handlooms products, Dayanidhi Maran, Minister of Textiles, launched the e-Marketing platform developed by the Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIC), and the Handicraft and Handlooms Export Corporation of India Ltd. (HHEC).The Websites are as follows
Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd.
http://www.cottageemporium.in
The Handicraft [...]
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MFI’s and NGO’s interested in the Philips Chulha can contact them and download the Chulha Starter Kit at the link below – http://www.design.philips.com/chulha/index.page
Can Philips India Be All Things to All People?
Philips India was once unchallenged in India’s lighting and electronics arena. With more than 75 years in the country, the nearly wholly owned subsidiary [...]
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MUMBAI: One of the Shiv Sena’s most ambitious schemes-to generate employment through vada pav handcarts-got a nod from the BMC’s improvements committee on Tuesday.
Vada Pav coming soon on a cart near you !
Sena corporators managed to push the proposal through with support from coalition partner BJP despite allegations that the scheme was designed to [...]
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BANGALORE: Bangalore-based Tarang Software, a leading player in electronic payments solutions space, has announced the India launch of “WayFinder”, a decision-making tool targeted at retail enterprises, in association with its US-based partner Decisive Analytics.
“WayFinder is a decision making tool wherein the marketing/advertising/brand management team can design their own web-based survey to collect user responses for [...]
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On one side are the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and the consumer durables companies. On the other are consumers in rural India, potentially the largest segment of the market. Finally, the two are coming together.The fact that this has not happened in the past is not for want of trying. In Mumbai and New Delhi [...]
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A rural marketing awards summit is going to be held in Bombay today which we are sponsoring. This is the speech my boss is gonna give (hopefully!!) today. Yus, I wrote it yesterday, yes the sunday of the match on and the parents home, and mighty proud of it I am as well.· You shall hear [...]
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India’s biggest discount retailer said hundreds of its stores were attacked over the weekend, after it failed to pay its security guards because of liquidity troubles.
The attack points to the potential socio-economic implications of the credit crisis hitting India’s ailing retail industry.
Subhiksha Trading Services said about 600 of its discount food stores and warehouses were [...]
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Feels the heat of global credit crunch; cuts down staff base by 70%.
To centralise operations in Delhi to trim costs.
Seven of 27 stores in Western Zone closed down.
Profit declines by 86% in December quarter.
Varada Bhat
Mumbai, Feb. 5 Delhi-based Vishal Retail is planning to close down about one third of its 172 retail outlets and downsize [...]
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720 million Indians to join consuming age by 201055% of the Indian population will be under 20 years of age by 201532% rise in urbanisation by 200810% annual growth in Retail market since 20007% of the population is engaged in retailingA booming US$ 300 billion retail market in India5.5 retail outlets per 1000 population, [...]
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It was a show with a difference when several winter vegetables including new varieties grown in the State were put on display at a three-day vegetable show here recently.Organised by the Department of Agriculture, Mohanpur at the Nripen Bhavan in the outskirts of Agartala, the first vegetable show-cum-competition was a runaway success.The event drew about [...]
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