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Companies ranging from the homegrown diversified Mahindra group to two-wheeler giant Hero Honda to foreign car makers such as Renault, Fiat and General Motors, all are chalking out new brand strategies to redefine their identities and approaches to the market.
customer acceptability would be the biggest hurdle for Kizashi. “Luxury car is all about prestige, social status and personal esteem, which brand Maruti may not be able to deliver”
The company introduced its interactive e-boards for classrooms. It targets 20,000 educational institutions pan-India to deploy its ‘smart solution.'
The air conditioning industry in India grew by 20 percent last year, company officials added, and this year the market size was expected to be 3.8 million units.
The company is also aiming to more than double its annual revenue to Rs 40,000 crore plus across all its verticals in the next four years
HUL added 500,000 stores in 2010 — that's almost 50% of what it did in 75 years. It plans to add an equal number over the next two years, and turn its shops into what it calls "perfect stores" that display products to pull in more demand in their locations.
The U.S. computer maker got serious in India only a few years ago -- and then proceeded to thrash HP and everyone else. Now India is Dell's fastest-growing market, with 55% growth.
outstanding consumer revolving debt, which is mainly credit cards, increased from $807.2 billion in November to $826.6 billion in December, a 2.5% increase in a single month.
Consumer confidence has increased to the highest level in eight months, a sign that falling unemployment and rising stock prices might be comforting households.
Consumer confidence in the U.S. grew to the highest level in more than half a year in the second month of the year, suggesting that recent positive economic data is translating to relief for Americans
Ten is a significant age for a survey. Business Today's annual exercise of finding The Best Companies to Work For turns 10 with this edition. After completely overhauling the methodology in the summer of 2009 to make it "by the employee and of the employee", we have tried to fine-tune it further this year. So, along with our survey and knowledge partners, we tried to capture not just the overall ranking of 25 companies and a sector ranking of 10 each for nine sectors but also the human resource facets of the Indian workplace.
Critical views from the employee universe, too, were captured in some detail. For instance: What factors do employees consider important in a workplace? What makes a company attractive to its employees? What demoralises them? What upsets them enough to make them contemplate a job change? Are they satisfied in their current role? If not, what can organisations do to address the factors they are dissatisfied with? Do they believe the senior management of the company adheres to ethical values? Read the answers elsewhere in this cover story package. 
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