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If fashion designer Paul Smith had his way, London would be full of rabbit-shaped trash cans with ears that light up when you toss in garbage. Smith is one of the 15 designers who have been commissioned to &ldquo;give something back&rdquo; to London, the city where they made their name. It&rsquo;s all part of the &ldquo;Super Contemporary&rdquo; show at London&rsquo;s Design Museum (through October 4), sponsored by Beefeater 24 Gin, produced by Pernod-Ricard SA, the world&rsquo;s second-largest spirits company.

Hopping mad

Will the lavish scale of her &lsquo;beautification&rsquo; projects result in a Mayawati school of architecture? Kishore Singh checks out the chief minister's authoritarian obsession for monument-building in the face of scathing opposition.

In Queen Maya's Palace of Illusions

While other carmakers ready their new hatchbacks for launch, Maruti and Hyundai battle it out with theirs .

Hatch me if you can!

Pepsico has made India its launch pad for biscuits, but competition will be tough.

A smart cookie?

When Katrina Kaif danced to A R Rahman&rsquo;s tune at the closing ceremony of the Indian Premier League II in South Africa, her glittering earrings were hard to miss. She sported Nakshatra &ndash; the diamond jewellery brand she endorses for the Rs 3,500 crore Gitanjali Gems.

Nakshatra's 'Goddess of Luck'

Every marketing person knows this. Creative is what comes out of a &nbsp;&lsquo;Creative&rsquo; Department, where creative people sit, feet-on-table, chair tilted at a gravity and common sense defying angle, waiting for a brain flash, after which &lsquo;The Idea&rsquo; arrives, accompanied by the resonant thunder of creativity.

Creative Vs inventive

With annual sales of 4.8 million packs in over 100 countries, McDonald&rsquo;s Chicken McNugget is a billion dollar brand. Arvind Singhal, director - marketing (West and South), McDonald&rsquo;s India, spoke to Sapna Agarwal on the product&rsquo;s India launch just a fortnight ago.

'McNugget has run out of stock within a week'

More and more people are using professional social networking websites to upgrade their job profiles and climb the ladder of success.

Update your status, update your job

Like it or not, you need more than free security tools to keep yourself virus-free at home.

Practice safe clicks

Web policing is not a new phenomenon in Indian offices, but employees are beginning to wonder why instant messengers like Google&rsquo;s Gtalk or social networking sites are such a taboo when they can be used for client meetings and discussions.

Beware... big &#39;boss&#39; is watching

From distributing Coca Cola bottles to developing software for banks like Standard Chartered, Anand Shrivastav has tried out a handful of careers. And yet, this Harvard University graduate left all perks of being a salaried employee, when he started Suvidha &mdash; a micro-payment venture for the unbanked masses. The company, born in 2002, has been handling transactions over Rs 1,200 crore annually by providing cash management services to leading multinational and Indian banks.

Beaming with success

    For the last 20 years, this chain of stores has been having the highest sales per square feet of any retail outlet in the world. Its founder institutionalised the removal of momentum barriers by instituting the Cut the Crap Committee. Name it.

The Strategist Quiz (#102)

    Down-aging, egronomics, cashing out, the vigilante consumer are four of the 10 trends identified for the 1990s by a famous marketing expert. Identify the marketing futurist and the book in which this was published.

Answers to last week's quiz (#101)

Even as critics write off Shopper's Stop, the retailer has its counter moves in place.

Bag and baggage

Amitabh Kant, former joint secretary in the ministry of tourism, has come up with his account of the making of Brand India in his recently-released book, Branding India &mdash; An Incredible Story. Kant is regarded as ministry of tourism&rsquo;s point man who steered the Incredible India campaign. He also led, as secretary of tourism in Kerala, the &ldquo;God&rsquo;s Own Country&rdquo; campaign that drew much acclaim.

'Position India as an upmarket destination'

Star TV's hoping to make it big in regional markets.

Rising Star

How hotels are saving crores by making cuts that customers can barely notice.

Invisible hand

The setting is very playful with a fit Mahendra Singh Dhoni asking an even fitter Bipasha Basu out on a date. She agrees, only if he can beat her in a race. The next morning, the two set out to race. Basu creates hurdles for Dhoni by distracting people on the way. Thus, when he finally makes it to the finish line, she&rsquo;s already waiting for him, but is willing to give him a second chance.

Have fun while you run

When CyberMedia India Chairman Pradeep Gupta decided to diversify into business process outsourcing for editing, graphics and design services in 2006, little did he know that it will contribute 50 per cent to his turnover in three years. In 2008-09, Gupta expects revenue of $15 million (Rs 70 crore) each from the print business as well as the media services business which includes BPO and research services.

CyberMedia India: BPO bet pays off

Fast food chain McDonald&rsquo;s has a new entry on its Indian menu &mdash; Chicken McNuggets. Launched last month, this breaded chicken meatball snack is not new to McDonald&rsquo;s customers the world over &mdash; it was introduced in 1983 and is sold in over 100 countries.

McDonald&#39;s: Nuggets roll out

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