Life Is A Canvas - FireFly Design Inc.

This post on the official SEO blog of Creativatorz Web Design reports the launch of the website of their latest client, FireFly Design Inc. The name of the website is Life Is A Canvas.

FireFly offers interior design & decoration services and boasts of an exceptionally strong portfolio. Testimonials from their customers are a proof of the quality of services provided by the company.

Helicopter Service for Amarnath Yatra 2006

This post on the official SEO blog of Creativatorz Design Consulting reports the launch of the website of their latest client, Himalayan Heli Services Pvt. Ltd.

Himalayan Heli offers Helicopter Service for Amarnath Yatra 2006 , for the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine, beginning from June 11, this year.

Web Architects Wanted

This post reports the launch of the search for the Web Architects of tomorrow!

The web architects talent hunt is supposed to be the search for trainee web architects for the Kanpur office of Creativatorz Design Consulting.

Unitea (India) launches its web site

Unitea India, one of India's leading tea manufacturer has launched its official website recently. The Unitea India website is supposed to be an interactive platform between Unitea India and its various target audiences worldwide. Unitea (India) is an ISO 9001 : 2000 certified company and one of the leading tea, spices and Energy Drinks Manufacturer & Marketer in India. Unitea's products are distributed around the country. Unitea (India) also export its products and are working towards expanding its market base in many countries worldwide. Unitea (India) is on the lookout of new distributors/dealers in unrepresented regions both in India and abroad. Unitea (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...

Uday Sahay's Making News

The news report on the Superbrands Blog talks about the launch of Making News, a comprehensive handbook conceived and edited by Uday Sahay, that brings together essays by eminent Indian media personalities based on their first-hand experiences. What is indeed a marvel about Making News is the fact that a host of heavyweights from the Indian Media have contributed to the handbook. Check it out!

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World Phone – India’s leading category “A” Internet Services Provider, and one of the major players in Internet telephony solutions, recently announced the launch of its extremely innovative and affordable World Phone Economy Plan, which will enable consumers to call over 40 countries around the world for just Rs. 2.00 per minute! The customer gets 500 talk minutes to countries including the USA, the UK, Canada, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan for a monthly subscription fee of Rs. 995/- per month! 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.

Hillstock Festival - State Of Mind

State of Mind, one of the leading Brand Communications Agencies in India is organising Hillstock Festival, a musical extravaganza in the hills of Kumaon. Details of the Hillstock are available here. If you are interested in becoming a part of Hillstock, please get in touch with

Raul at 9313332103 State Of Mind at 91-1151633393. email us at som.experience@gmail.com

India Brand Equity Foundation to promote Brand India

The India Brand Equity Foundation is to work towards a 10-year plan to promote brand India and seek a more active public-private partnership. The India Brand Equity Foundation is expected to answer the ubiquitos question: Now that India has arrived and is on the radar screen. What next? The India Brand Equity Foundation board is chaired by commerce secretary S.N. Menon and includes secretary (east) in the ministry of external affairs Rajiv Sikri and tourism secretary A.K. Misra as government nominees. The other members are: Tata Sons director Krishna Kumar, Equus Adversiting chief executive Suhel Seth, Escorts Heart Institute executive director Naresh Trehan, Ogaan director Kavita Bhartia and Media Trans Asia director Simran Bedi. Ajay Khanna, deputy director general of the Confederation of Indian Industry, is the foundation's chief executive officer.

Nokia picks up CII's Brand of the Year Award

What has instantly become as one of the most coveted achievements in the branding scenario in India made its debut recently with a big BANG. The recently held CII Brand Summit, which has returned after a hiatus of five years launched its Brand of the Year award. An impressive list of India's most admired brands from across all categories were placed on an even keel, and then passed through a rigorous test called Brand Microscope. The methodology, devised by Vertibrand, tested each brand against its peers, in the marketplace and the consumers before arriving at the final list. The jury members included Gurcharan Das, K.N. Shenoy, Dorab Sopariwala, Mani Aiyar and Prof S. Ramachander among others. The 10 finalists were Titan, which incidentally was everyone’s favourite, Nokia, Eveready, Lux, Pond’s Dreamflower Talc, Dabur Chyawanprash, Fair & Lovely, Rin, Indane and Pond’s Body Lotion. Even as a large section of the crowd rooted for Titan, the surprise winner came in the form of Nokia, which in a decade’s time, seems to have made itself completely at home with the Indian consumers. The summit also featured an amazing fusion music performance by kanjira wizard Selva Ganesh, legendary bass player Jonas Hellborg, ghatam exponent Vikku Vinayakram and others. the performance was the perfect break from a day packed with facts and figures and analyses by eminent speakers from across the country and the globe. Read more about why India loves Nokia at Mobile Phones India.

Bollywood can catalyze Indian fashion retail

Bollywood can be a catalyst for the booming Indian retail trade sector and push fashion merchandise market to $4.5 billion in the next two years, a new study says. Read full story at Yahoo. It indeed has been the case that the fashion trends in India are guided by film stars rather than fashion houses. What our popular actors wear becomes a fashion statement. Hope that the multinational fashion houses eyeing India will realise this potential and use Bollywood to catalyse demand for their brands.

Now Suggestive 'Moan Tones' for your Mobile Handsets

Polyphonic ring tones are passe. Now, your mobile handset can be actually moaning, that too, suggestively! So, are you ready for the moan tones. Yes, that's the latest addition to the fancy services on your mobile handsets. Read the complete story at Mobile Phones India.

BSNL targeting 55% market share

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) is targeting a marketshare of 50-55% to achieve its share of 120 million phone connections out of the 250 million phone connections target by 2007 announced by the government. Read complete story at Mobile Phones India.

Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Haier, Motorola to launch new mobile handset models

Almost all the major mobile phone vendors in the Indian market like LG Electronics, Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Haier India, Bird International, Reliance, Philips India, Akasaki International, among others, are all set to launch new mobile handset models in India. Read complete story at Mobile Phones India.

Indian Oil Corporation to set up 10,000 retail outlets

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has chalked out an aggressive expansion plan. The state-run oil major has decided to enhance its retail operations by setting up over 10,000 retail outlets by the end of the current financial year. The oil major plans to add over 1,000 new retail outlets by December, 2005. The annual spends on retail expansion is estimated to be around Rs 500 crore. “We have already opened over 1,000 retail outlets in 2004 and in 2005 we plan to open over 1,000 new retail outlets across the country. We will have in excess of 10,000 retail outlets by the end of the current financial year,” S K Swaminathan, executive director (lubes), marketing division, IOC told Business Standard. The corporation has appointed Leo Burnett to promote its retails outlets and retail-related offerings. Bulk of the promotional spends, which comprises all forms of advertising and marketing support, will be focused on IOC’s flagship lubricant brand, Servo. The budget spent for Servo is estimated to be Rs 30 crore. The brand commands a 40 per cent share of the Rs 5,000 crore lubricant market. For the retail outlets, the corporation plans to promote its petrol stations as brands, in addition to promoting the offerings at the outlets such as branded diesel, branded petrol and branded cards amongst others. At present, IOC’s marketing network is spread throughout the country with over 22,000 sales points, the largest in the country, which include petrol and diesel stations, consumer outlets, lube distributors, servo shops, and LPG distributors amongst others. The corporation commands over 53 per cent of the petroleum products market share, 41 per cent national refining capacity and 76 per cent downstream pipeline transportation network in the country. IOC is the lone Indian company to feature in the Fortune 500 list. It is also the 17th largest petroleum company in the world. The corporations concept of ‘Jubilee Retail Outlets’ has also been launched to set up petrol and diesel stations on highways with comprehensive value added facilities for various customer segments, such as truckers, farmers, tourists and passenger transport amongst others. The Jubilee Retail Outlets include motels, restaurants, parking lots, weighbridges, sale of tyres, batteries, accessories, agricultural machinery repairs and recreational facilities provided selectively.

Indian Oil Corporation to set up 10,000 retail outlets

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has aggressive expansion plans and will strengthen its retail operations by setting up over 10,000 retail outlets by the end of the current financial year. Indian Oil Corporation's annual spends on retail expansion is estimated to be around Rs 500 crore. The corporation has appointed Leo Burnett to promote its retails outlets and retail-related offerings. Bulk of the promotional spends, which comprises all forms of advertising and marketing support, will be focused on IOC’s flagship lubricant brand, Servo. The budget spent for Servo is estimated to be Rs 30 crore. The brand commands a 40 per cent share of the Rs 5,000 crore lubricant market. For the retail outlets, the corporation plans to promote its petrol stations as brands, in addition to promoting the offerings at the outlets such as branded diesel, branded petrol and branded cards amongst others. At present, IOC’s marketing network is spread throughout the country with over 22,000 sales points, the largest in the country, which include petrol and diesel stations, consumer outlets, lube distributors, servo shops, and LPG distributors amongst others. The corporation commands over 53 per cent of the petroleum products market share, 41 per cent national refining capacity and 76 per cent downstream pipeline transportation network in the country. IOC is the lone Indian company to feature in the Fortune 500 list. It is also the 17th largest petroleum company in the world. The corporations concept of ‘Jubilee Retail Outlets’ has also been launched to set up petrol and diesel stations on highways with comprehensive value added facilities for various customer segments, such as truckers, farmers, tourists and passenger transport amongst others. The Jubilee Retail Outlets include motels, restaurants, parking lots, weighbridges, sale of tyres, batteries, accessories, agricultural machinery repairs and recreational facilities provided selectively.

Piramal plans 16 Piramyd Megastores in next 3 years

To cash in on the retail boom, Mumbai-based Piramal Holdings Ltd (PHL) has decided to invest over Rs 300 crore for setting up 16 departmental stores, named Piramyd Megastore, across the country in next three years. At present, Piramal Holdings Ltd has three such departmental stores in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur. Piramyd Megastore will set up shop in Ludhiana and Ahmedabad by May and in Delhi by June this year. It will also put up two mega stores in Pune by October. Each Piramyd Megastore will be around 70,000-80,000 sq ft in size. Crossroads, which houses other retail formats such as Piramyd Megastore, Piramyd Supermarket and Jammin, the family recreation centre, is the mall format of Piramal Group. The company is also eyeing five properties in Hyderabad, Gurgaon and Mumbai.

Planet Sports to sell its 49% stake to Pantaloon

Pantaloon Retail is continuously working on strengthening its its position as the undisputed leader in the retail sector. The latest news is that the company has acquired 49 per cent stake in Planet Sports, a leading sports and fashion retail company . The deal has brought internationally acclaimed brands such as Marks & Spencer, Wilson, Puma, Speedo and Converse to Pantaloon’s portfolio. Planet Sports plans to triple its turnover to Rs 105 crore from the current Rs 35 crore in the next two years. Planet Sports has six Marks and Spencer and 25 Planet Sports stores in the country.

Nokia to set up mobile handsets manufacturing plant in India

World renowned cell phone manufacturer Nokia has definitive plans to set up a mobile handsets manufacturing unit in India. Nokia India has already started negotiating with various state governments in India to finalise the location of its proposed mobile phone manufacturing plant and the company expects to zero in to the site by end of this financial year. Read full story on Mobile Phones India.

Amway launches new skincare brand

Leading FMCG firm Amway India forayed into the Rs 3,250 million skincare market in India with the launch of cosmetic brand Attitude and has signed Diya Mirza as its brand ambassador. Currently five products will be available under Attitude brand - cleanser, toner, moisturiser, face wash and sunscreen lotion. Like all other products of Amway, `Attitude' will be sold exclusively through its 4,00,000 distributors spread across the country. Amway India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of $ 6 billion Amway Corp, expects 10 per cent growth by the end of the present financial year current with the trend continuing next year too.