Zoom on Marvel and fly to Japan Winning a free-trip to Japan through a mere joy ride on a scooter may sound far-fetched but Kinetic Honda is doing just that. The company has announced a contest for its newly introduced Marvel scooter, which offers a reward of a visit to Honda's factory in Japan.

All one needs to do is vist a nearby showroom, zoom around on the Marvel and offer his views on the vehicle. The contest is open in Mumbai, Delhi, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Kanpur and Bangalore. The lucky winner from each of these centres will be eligible for a free-trip to Japan. For others, there is a consolation prize in the form of `Marvel' T shirts.

L&T's exchange offer: L&T has introduced an exchange offer scheme for its Canon plain paper fax range. Under the scheme, any fax in working condition can be exchanged for a state-of-the-art Canon Plain Paper Faxes and would entitle you to a reduction of up to Rs 14,000. For example, the Canon B-100 (a department fax) part of the professional fax series, which normally costs Rs 38,700, would cost Rs 28,500 (local taxes extra) under the exchange scheme. The offer, however, valid only in Mumbai till July 15.Lux Super Rich shampoo meets with tepid response: Hindustan Lever's Lux Super Rich shampoo, which was introduced a few weeks ago, does not seem to have garnered much response in the market in its initial phase, according to retailers. They say it has not created the kind of ripples, which a new shampoo brand from a leading house would have done. While the company says that it is too early to evaluate the brand recall, retailers asserted that it would survive once the company starts its consumer offers next week. Most shampoo manufacturers initiate consumer offers like free samples to create a foothold and boost demand. HLL will come up with similar offers shortly. Lux shampoos, priced at Rs 54 for 200 ml, come in white and black types.

Oriflame fairness cream: Oriflame India has launched a moisturing fairness cream called Natural Northern Light in 50 ml tubes. This is the latest entry of the company's existing range of over 80 products in various cosmetics categories. The product contains rice extract which helps in retaining fairness over long hours. It has a high sun protection factor of 20.

Singapore Airlines package scheme: Singapore Airlines is offering a new fare packaged from the global branding `Escapade' as part of its new commercial alliance with Air New Zealand, Ansett Australia and Ansett International. Effective June 25 Escapade fares will allow customers to buy distance-based travel on the route network of Singapore Airlines, Air New Zeland and Ansett covering more than 200 cities in 47 countries. The offer includes round-the-world Escapade, Pacific Escapade and Oceania Escapade.

New Apple distributor: Apple Computers has appointed the Summit Data Products as its principal distributor for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. Summit will also be authorised service provider for all Apple products, including desktops, workstations, printers, notebooks, displays, servers, software products and accessories, a company release said. Summit, credited with developing "Indica", the indian language software for Mac machines, offers a variety of solutions on the Mac platform, its managing director Rakesh Kapoor said.

Micom ties up with Microsoft: Micom Communications Corp on Tuesday announced a new relationship with Microsoft Corp. It will enable users of Microsoft's Netmeeting 2.0 software to make free intra-company calls to existing ordinary telephones and fax machines on the corporate Intranet anywhere in the world. This, the company said, was made possible with the help of a product V/ip (voice over Internet protocol) which worked by overlaying a voice/fax network on top of any corprorate Internet protocol (ip) network. V/ip allowed any user to make business quality calls, from any telephone or fax machine.

Apple India unveils Applevision 850: Apple Computer on Tuesday launched the new high-performance Applevision 850 color display for publishers and related professionals who rely on consistent visual performance and color accuracy. This will also find use in page-layout applications.

Powertel Boca, Ramp Networks in pact: The Bangalore-based Powertel Boca on Tuesday announced a tie-up with Ramp Networks USA, for the exclusive marketing, distribution and support of network products in south Asia. Powertel Boca is launching this week the Webramp m3 Internet access device.

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