Brands on the block to enhance value
Value for money is the basic tenet that drives a customers desire to invest in any product. And there always seems to be a premium on this value when it comes to foreign brands being sold in India. Licensing Plus India Pvt Ltd, the first licensing company of its kind in India seeks to exploit the intrinsic value of internationally known brand name and logos of a whole range of products by making them available in the domestic market.
Adjustment powers of I-T officers debatable
With a view to enabling the the Income Tax Department to expedite the assessment of the people, the Section 143(1)(a) was introduced. The amendment had made a wide impact on the income tax proceedings which empowered the officers to make the assessment without requiring the presence of the assessee and without asking him for any information.
Penny-pinching marketing techniques
Develop an attitude. This is probably the one way small businesses gain new clients and how old business is retained. Usually and if you are fairly lucky things are worth about what you pay for them. But apply that rule to business-building ideas that seem cost-effective and see money slip through the pavement crack.
Keeping the flag flying for traditional courier business
When he first landed in Delhi from Hyderabad in 1988, Dilip Kumar Shah had only Rs 500 in his pocket. He slept in the railway platform. But this did not deter him from starting his own angadia service - a traditional courier business. To start with, he was delivering the parcels himself. But now, ten years later, his turnover has crossed Rs 95 lakh annually.
Separating rogues from the righteous
A cardinal rule in banking is the concept of `Know your client'. The banker will do all he can to find out as much as he can about the company and the client. In this endeavour no information is too small or too immaterial since they will fit into a larger picture and the fate of the facilities extended may depend upon it.
Net Working
The Singapore Trade Development Board was established to devlop and promote Singapore's international trade. TDB overseas centres provide useful and timely help including providing assistance on the setting up of trading and distribution operations on Singapore; providing strategic advice on market penetration and development; channeling import and export enqioroes to the right tardets, and providing information relating to trrade with Singapore.
