Marks &amp; Spencer Reliance India (MSRI) has lowered the prices of its cheapest products by 20 per cent by stepping up its sourcing from Indian manufacturers, in a bid to retain customers who are moving away to competitive products.

Marks & Spencer drops prices to boost sales

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The fight for the number two spot in the estimated Rs 100 crore branded soups market is intensifying, with Capital Foods&rsquo; Ching&rsquo;s brand and Nestle India&rsquo;s Maggi laying claim to this position in the three-player market.

Stirring plans, heady claims, on soup stakes

It&rsquo;s an unprecedented trend and a far cry from the days when B-schools students would change jobs a mere six months after being placed by their institutes.

ISB, IIM students place resumes on job portals

Under the chairmanship of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, the board of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) is setting up a committee to help it raise funds to finance its various academic ventures on the campus. The IIM-B board, which met on April 2, took a final decision in this regard.

IIM-B to set up committee to raise Rs 100 cr

Vidyamandir Classes (VMC), a premier IITJEE coaching organisation, has formed a six-year partnership with IT training company New Horizons and education technology solutions provider, 100 Percentile, to offer coaching to IIT JEE aspirants. A division of New Horizons called IIT Study Circle (IITSC) will offer coaching to students while VMC will provide the learning support by designing the course content.

Vidyamandir to coach IIT-JEE aspirants

* Mumbai: Indian Merchants' Chamber (IMC) to organise an interactive meeting with Urvashi Ramnarine, first secretary, High Commission of Trinidad &amp; Tobago, at Babubhai Chinai Committee Room, 2nd Floor, IMC, Churchgate. Time: 11.30am.

Result season kicks off in earnest

When Pradyumna Vyas took over the charge from Akhil Succena as director of National Institute of Design (NID), he had already set a roadmap for taking the design institute to a global platform. Armed with a masters in design from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Vyas has an experience of 25 years in the field of design and has been the principal designer at NID before taking over as its head. In an exclusive interview with Vinay Umarji and Chitra Unnithan, Vyas shares his future plans for the institute.

'Design is not only for the elite'

Ahmedabad-based pharmaceutical company Claris Lifesciences is all set to offer management education and professional courses for the healthcare industry.

Claris to open healthcare business institute

The jury is still out on whether Tech Mahindra should retain the Satyam name.

Focus on brand Satyam

Going digital

Elections can be a good vehicle to improve your brand equity. It was Tata Tea&rsquo;s Jaago Re campaign which was the first commercial on TV asking people to vote. Then came rock videos like Shut up and Vote. Media giant Bennet, Coleman also joined in with its Lead India campaign.

FM channels lend voice to the power of vote

Getting Satyam back on track will be Anand Mahindra&rsquo;s next big challenge.

The morning after

    Founded in 1906 as a small Cleveland jobber&rsquo;s shop, this company advertises itself as &ldquo;the world&rsquo;s largest publicly owned creator, manufacturer and distributor of social expression products.&rdquo; Name it.

Answers to last week&#39s quiz (#094)

What makes lubricant major Castrol India hold its turf in a difficult market.

Smooth operator

RPG&rsquo;s retail arm Spencer's hopes to come out of the red in less than a year. Here's how.

The Spencer&#39;s experience

People were behind the Great Depression. People were responsible for the dotcom bust in the early years of the decade. Same is true of today&rsquo;s recession. While some companies have laid off people by the thousands, others have seized it as an opportunity to get more out of their employees. According to Jason White, leader of Hewitt&rsquo;s Business Performance Improvement, cost-cutting and layoffs are amongst the biggest concerns of companies today.

Peak performance

    Name the company and the term it coined to increase brand recall by making emotional connections on a sensory level between the brand and consumer.

The Strategist quiz (#095)

The top 10 business bestsellers

The organised retail market in India is about $18 billion (Rs 89,217 crore).

KIT: Organised retail in India

A host of super-premium liquor brands is targeting a growing market in India.

India&#39;s on a high

IIM Calcutta (IIM-C) has been commissioned by the Railway Board of India to conduct a 12-week (6 April to 26 June) Executive General Management Programme for 60 officers, as part of the regular 18-month training program for the Indian Railway Service Probationer Officers.

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