After McDonalds and Barista, Dunkin Donuts is next in line to try and shore up business in the morning lean hours.

Betting on breakfast

Business Standard

Two years after a children&rsquo;s game called punch buggy provided the basis for a popular Volkswagen commercial, VW is turning to another children&rsquo;s game for a commercial to help introduce the 2012 Beetle.

Clap clap, here comes Beetle

The first Pizza Hut formal dine-in outlet opened in Juhu, Mumbai, in July 2008, followed by a second one in Panchkula (near Chandigarh). The pizza chain hasn&rsquo;t looked back since then.

For a bigger slice 

W hen you play the game of thrones, you win or you die,&rdquo; goes the tagline of the latest HBO Originals, Game of Thrones (You win or you die), which premiered in India at the end of August on HBO, Time Warner&rsquo;s English movie channel. The series comes to India ahead of its pan-Asia premiere. With HBO Originals, the decade-old channel wants to strengthen its positioning as being a premiere entertainment channel.

An original story

Domestic pharma retail market is evolving as the old order is giving way to the new. Medicine stores are being replaced by pharmacy chains that allow shoppers to browse through a vast range of products.

KIT: Retail Pharmacy Sector

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    Name the model of this luxury brand that bears the suffix &ldquo;nine eleven&rdquo; and has undergone a recent design change to make it lighter, more economical and powerful. It was originally launched in the early 60s.

The Strategist Quiz (#218)

    What is frugal engineering better known as? Name the person who coined this term.

Answers to last week&#39;s quiz (#217)

Researchers warn against random downloads, advise using security software.

Malware declares war on Android OS

Amazon is in talks with publishers for launching a Netflix like service for digital books, where customers would pay an annual fee to access a library, says a media report.

Amazon in talks to launch digital-book library

Press Trust of India

Its last brand extension was in June last year &ndash; in the waterproof adhesive category. But Fevicol seems to be in a mood to make up for lost time. The Rs 2,500 crore Pidilite Industries, the owner of Fevicol, said last week that the company will launch three to four new products in this financial year. That means one new product every two months.

Fevicol seeks to make the bond stronger

Erik Du Plessis, brand guru and chairman of one of the largest research agencies Millward Brown, shares his views on the present global advertising and marketing scenario in an interview with Shine Jacob. He introduced the use of neuroscience in the sector through his books &ldquo;The Advertised Mind&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Branded Mind&rdquo;.

Q&A: Erik Du Plessis, Brand Guru & Chairman, Millward Brown

World Cup final features an all-Russian cast with Peter Svidler versus Alexander Grischuk. The third place playoff has the Ukrainian duo of Ruslan Ponomariov and Vassily Ivanchuk. That match is more high-voltage than the final.

Chess (#691)

Central to Britain&rsquo;s community life, many of its pubs are downing shutters. S Kalyana Ramanathan on what&rsquo;s ailing the industry.

Last orders?

Satyavrat Mishra visits a school in Bihar which was once the opulent house of a civil servant.

At home in school

Renault's Koleos is a stop-gap offering till its hatch arrives. Is it any good.

Time trial

When Formula 1 cars, high on jet fuel, race down the tarmac in speeds of up to 320 km per hour for three days late October in Greater Noida, Suresh Kalmadi may finally get reason to smile. It was, after all, the discredited and jailed ex-president of the Indian Olympic Association who first invited Bernie Ecclestone in 2007 to bring his F1 races to India.

The buzz 'n' the biz

Volkswagen is on a roll in India and its Up! small car will only add to it when it is launched. The Up! is an entry-level hatchback, which means it will be positioned lower than the Polo and will directly compete with the Hyundai i10 and the Maruti Suzuki WagonR. At 3.54 metres in length, the Up! is 430 mm shorter than the Polo and VW states it will seat four comfortably. A 1.0 -litre, three-cylinder petrol motor produces 59 bhp in the base format while the higher-end variant produces 74 bhp. The natural gas variant makes 67 bhp but will be launched later. VW claims a 23 kmpl fuel efficiency figure for the 59 bhp motor which, when paired with VW&rsquo;s typical high-quality interior fit and finish and ease of operation, could be a great proposition. Expected price? Rs 3 lakh to Rs 4 lakh.

India`s share of the Frankfurt Motor Show pie!

I have a monthly commute of 1,200 km in Mumbai city and would like to buy either the Skoda Yeti, Toyota Corolla Altis diesel or the Skoda Laura.

Good Laura!

Roddy Sale studied at Eton and served in the British Army, but now helps big Indian and overseas companies make deals with each other. Rrishi Raote speaks with him.

Bombay Brit

Aabhas Sharma visits a website that&rsquo;s collecting desi lingo from across South Asia.

Samosa chronicles

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