Scooters: How Hamara Bajaj lost the plot to HondaBajaj Auto continued to make scooters and motorcycles till 2009, when it decided to leave the scooter market and concentrate exclusively on motorcycles. By late 2009, scooter volumes for Bajaj, once a clear market leader, had dropped to a trickle ... Firstpost.com, 4 days ago |
Ashok Leyland goes heavy duty, storms Tata's bastionCountry's second largest CV maker Ashok Leyland (ALL) has graduated to a pan-India truck brand from being a south-centric player earlier, even as the Hinduja flagship is planning a revamp of its business into three separate business divisions. In ... Financial Chronicle, 1 week ago
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Keep calm and carry on in India's slumping car marketBy Henry Foy and Aradhana Aravindan MUMBAI (Reuters) - Don't tell Hironori Kanayama Global carmakers such as General Motors Co and Volkswagen AG that have between them poured billions of dollars into factories, product development and marketing in ... Yahoo! India, 3 weeks ago
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Low sales, high discounts to crimp auto makers' Q4 earningsA combination of sluggish sales, high discounts and increased ad spending is expected to have crimped the earnings of auto firms in the traditionally buoyant March quarter, said analysts, while predicting a slow turnaround for the sector. Domestic ... Individual.com, 4 weeks ago
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Japanese car firms in India set to gain from weaker yenThe weaker yen brings some positive news to the Japanese automakers in India in terms of improvements in margins at a time when the companies have been beset by slumping sales in the domestic market. Automotive firms like Maruti, Toyota, Honda, ... Financial Chronicle, 1 month ago
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Maruti marches on with 3% jump in market share in FY13Competition or slowdown failed to rattle Maruti Suzuki's dominance in a big way in FY13 as the company witnessed rise in its market share in the passenger car segment. Despite fall in auto demand, negative customer sentiments and production ... Financial Chronicle, 1 month ago
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BharatBenz bets on fleet operators & dealer networkDaimler India Commercial Vehicle, the latest entrant into the Indian medium and heavy commercial vehicle (MHCV) industry, has so far set up higher number of dealer outlets in south and west regions, and the sale of BharatBenz trucks is restricted to ... Financial Chronicle, 1 month ago
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A demographic disaster in the makingIt struck me at the Association of Corporate Advisers and Executives' award ceremony in Kolkata, pioneered by its president, Jinesh S Vanzara, that chief guest Sachin Pilot sounded like Alice in Wonderland's Red Queen ("It takes all the running you ... Smart Investor, 2 months ago
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2-wheeler inventories rising againTwo-wheeler inventories appear to be piling up again. The average inventory has gone up to 5-6 weeks compared with 3-4 weeks earlier, Jinesh Gandhi and Chirag Jain, analysts with Motilal Oswal, have said in a note. To be sure, inventory levels had seen a ... DNA, 2 months ago
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