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Receive the Daily TradeBriefs Business update Click here to confirm your subscription If this newsletter does not render correctly, please enable images or view the online version Unsubscribe from TradeBriefs Business - lid=7 Business News, Insight and Jobs Let us manage your Email Lists for FREE! June 22, 2014 Follow us on   At a Glance Submit an Opinion. Get Noticed! Economy & Finance Meet the woman who's driving Axis Bank's success story How Kunal Bahl's Snapdeal scaled a valuation of $1 billion in two years 10 stocks poised to fly high on government's smart city plan Jaitley vs Chidambaram: Is NDA giving a free hand to Raghuram Rajan? Party's on Dalal Street, but many investors not dancing yet Corporate Mahindra to consolidate all its agri-biz units into single entity Transferring funds from US to Indian bank accounts made easy RIL eyes Fortune 50 tag with $30-bn investment Poor rains no sweat for consumer goods firms; Rural schemes proving to be a blessing in disguise for FMCG firms Domino’s Pizza expansion drives Gati unit stake sale Brands Mahindra to consolidate all its agri-biz units into single entity to sharpen its focus on pulses and diversify into newer businesses Ready to go as deep as we can in rural market: Coca-Cola VP Nestle India revamping coffee brand Nescafe with a fresh ad theme- It all starts with a Nescafe Government mulls steps to discourage milk product exports to contain rising retail prices PepsiCo to sell combo packs of beverage and snacks during FIFA World Cup sponsored by Coca-Cola, denies ambush marketing Technology How Infosys' HR practices diluted meritocracy and accountability Naidu wants to develop Anantapur as new tech hub : Seeks Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's help SAP India MD quits : Speculation that Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka has poached him Technology enabled Smart cities to become a reality soon : Nasscom sees huge opportunity How TCS manages its staff costs ? : Hiring more new graduates helps TCS to save Trends, Personalities & Insight Next wave of disruption in Mobile to come with super-affordable smartphones in India How real time analysis on social media by IT firms like SAP, Oracle helped BJP ? Gold import fall was good for India's economy, but bad for trade with Australia FMCG cos eye rural creamy layer for growth; Shifting focus to tap 10,000 premium villages Feel-good factor opens exit route for PEs in India Why most Business Strategies fail to be executed (Premium) Free for a limited time! Interview- Amit Bhatia SVP- Raychem RPG (Premium) Free for a limited time! Luxury Pricing: A Fine Art Mobile banking as a transaction channel M&A deals leveraging the power of technology Jobs for You scroll to the bottom Get customers for your business from India's best corporate audience of 700,000+ TradeBriefs subscribers   Economy & Finance  Meet the woman who's driving Axis Bank's success story Livemint , Shikha Sharma, the MD and CEO of Axis Bank on taking the pilot's seat mid-air and combining data with intuition. How Kunal Bahl's Snapdeal scaled a valuation of $1 billion in two years Economic Times Snapdeal started off as an e-coupon company, on lines of Groupon, but after a year of waiting outside restaurants and convincing them to come on board, Bahl and his partner decided that their company was losing track. 10 stocks poised to fly high on government's smart city plan Economic Times The market is excited about the NDA government's plan to develop 100 new smart cities as it could boost demand for several other industries. Jaitley vs Chidambaram: Is NDA giving a free hand to Raghuram Rajan? Economic Times The equation between Jaitley and Rajan is different from what it was between Subbarao and Chidambaram. Party's on Dalal Street, but many investors not dancing yet Economic Times Out of 201 IPOs launched since 2009, shares of 117 firms still trading below issue price.   Corporate  Mahindra to consolidate all its agri-biz units into single entity Livemint The group seeks to sharpen its focus on pulses and diversify into newer businesses like dairy products, fruit juices and processed foods. Transferring funds from US to Indian bank accounts made easy Hindu Business Line Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Nasdaq-listed Xoom Corporation have partnered to roll out instant bank deposit services to bank accounts in India. RIL eyes Fortune 50 tag with $30-bn investment Business Standard Announces 3-year plan; to launch 4G services next year in phases across states. Poor rains no sweat for consumer goods firms; Rural schemes proving to be a blessing in disguise for FMCG firms Business Standard Thanks to rural development programmes like the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) and better irrigation, unlike earlier, consumers in the hinterland do not have to turn to the rain gods to get their cycle of lives going. Domino's Pizza expansion drives Gati unit stake sale Livemint Gati plans to sell a minority stake to fund its expansion as Domino's Pizza to Nestle drive demand for refrigerated storage.   Brands  Mahindra to consolidate all its agri-biz units into single entity to sharpen its focus on pulses and diversify into newer businesses Livemint The $16.7 billion Mahindra Group plans to consolidate all its agri-business units into a single entity, sharpen its focus on pulses and diversify into newer businesses like dairy products, fruit juices and processed foods. Ready to go as deep as we can in rural market: Coca-Cola VP Hindu Business Line With the summer season at its peak, beverage company Coca-Cola India is pushing sales in the country, especially in the rural market.Offering Coca-Cola through on-the-go trucks with fountain machines at Rs.5 is a strategy for sampling and offering a refreshing drink in villages at a great price point. Nestle India revamping coffee brand Nescafe with a fresh ad theme--'It all starts with a Nescafe' Economic Times The revamp is in line with the firm's global mandate to rejuvenate the brand and make it more contemporary. The packaged coffee market is estimated at close to Rs 800 crore, but growing in low single digits at best, with almost no category innovation by marketers. Government mulls steps to discourage milk product exports to contain rising retail prices Economic Times The government is considering steps to discourage exports of milk products in the wake rising retail prices. The issue figured during the high-level meeting convened by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to discuss issues related to inflation and and price rise of essential commodities. PepsiCo to sell combo packs of beverage and snacks during FIFA World Cup sponsored by Coca-Cola, denies ambush marketing Economic Times PepsiCo India has lined up a promotional plan around the ongoing football World Cup, which is officially sponsored by rival Coca-Cola. The company to sell packs of beverages and snacks. The Rs 80 packs will be available in some stores and through its after-hour delivery partner in Gurgaon and Mumbai.   Technology  How Infosys' HR practices diluted meritocracy and accountability Business Standard Sometime in the middle of July 2012, a mid-level Infosys employee sent an email to media houses listing out the reasons for her frustration over what's going on in the company.  Naidu wants to develop Anantapur as new tech hub : Seeks Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's help Economic Times Chowdary, who played a key role as the Software Technology Parks of India director when Naidu pitched to Gates, remarked that it is not an easy job to attract large global corporations. SAP India MD quits : Speculation that Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka has poached him Times of India In SAP, Clas Neumann, the global head of SAP Labs Network, will look after Dey's responsibilities till the German enterprise software firm finds a replacement. Technology enabled Smart cities to become a reality soon : Nasscom sees huge opportunity Livemint R. Chandrashekhar, president of Nasscom, says, "Smart cities are a tremendous test bed for completely wired up habitation where from the outset all systems and services, and people are brought online". How TCS manages its staff costs ? : Hiring more new graduates helps TCS to save Economic Times This focus on new hires has allowed India's largest IT services player to earn the fattest margins in the software industry and also have considerable flexibility on deploying its resources.   Trends and Personalities  Next wave of disruption in Mobile to come with super-affordable smartphones in India Hindu Business Line Moreover, the entire operating system is actually a browser based software - it is an HTML 5 web-based browser, sitting on top of Android kernels. How real time analysis on social media by IT firms like SAP, Oracle helped BJP ? Economic Times SAP, the German software firm, over the years has made its mark in enterprise resource solutions. In the current scenario, it did political event tracking and generated valuable inputs for campaigns. Gold import fall was good for India's economy, but bad for trade with Australia Calcutta Telegraph Trade between India and Australia has dipped sharply by nearly 14 per cent to Australian $15.2 billion in 2013 as compared to the previous year, according to official data. FMCG cos eye rural creamy layer for growth; Shifting focus to tap 10,000 premium villages Times of India With some marketers like Hindustan Unilever (HUL), Dabur India and Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) reaching the bottom of the pyramid, the focus is now on extracting growth by upgrading consumers in the 'creamy layer' of rural India use premium products. Feel-good factor opens exit route for PEs in India Business Standard An upbeat market, a stable government at Centre and opportunities to raise second or third funds are cited as reasons for boom in momentum.   Insight  {jd_file file==983} Management theory often separates strategy formulation (the plan) from strategy execution (putting the plan into action). But in reality separating strategy formulation with execution does not work and can be harmful. {jd_file file==767} Mr Amit Bhatia, Sr. Vice President (ET&D), Raychem RPG, speaks about the company's expertise and experience in the power equipment space, in an interview with Monica Chaturvedi Charna. Luxury Pricing: A Fine Art Dr. Frank Muller A luxury firm depends on the perception that its value is steadily increasing. In contrast to other sectors, which can vary their prices based on the market situation, luxury goods can only trend in one direction: upward. Mobile banking as a transaction channel Infosys At the moment, mobile banking is yet to gain comprehensive, widespread traction, primarily due to user apprehensions around security and lack of adaptability. M&A deals leveraging the power of technology Intralinks The traditional deal marketing process is rapidly being augmented and transformed by leveraging technology, social media and community-based deal networks to speed deals and reach the biggest possible target audience. 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