Leveraging Dealer Programs: The Competitive Edge.
Leveraging Dealer Programs: The Competitive Edge By Cathy Rempel Where will your company be this time next year? How about in five? Emerging technologies and diverse buying patterns of a younger, more technologically driven generation and enterprising competitors compel many companies to contemplate new strategies...

Lake Region unveils new name in concert with 60th anniversary.
Formerly known as Lake Region Manufacturing, the Caska, MN-based contract and OEM manufacturer of medical devices and components has changed its name to Lake Region Medical in celebration of its 60th year in business. In addition to the name change, Lake Region Medical has launched a new brand identity...

Investing in Australia's future through its public library system: why, who, how.
Friends of Libraries Australia A position paper prepared in January 2008 by Friends of Libraries Australia (Fola) following the election of a new Australian federal government committed to an educational revolution for the nation. It aims to assist with the strategic positioning and funding of Australia's public...

DESIGNING A HYBRID VIDEO SYSTEM.
DESIGNING A HYBRID VIDEO SYSTEM By Ray Bernard, PSP, CHS-III A guide for making the migration What would it be like to have a video system of the quality you want, that could retain recorded video for as long as you needed to?...

HEI Names New General Manager of Sheraton Crystal City.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-6 May 2008-HEI Names New General Manager of Sheraton Crystal City(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com HEI Hotels & Resorts announced the appointment of Pradeep Bobba as the new General Manager of the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel. Bobba joins the hotel from the...

Sunstone Hotel Investors Sells Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-2 June 2008-Sunstone Hotel Investors Sells Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Sunstone Hotel Investors announced that it has sold its 726-room Hyatt Regency Century Plaza to Los Angeles real estate investor Next Century Associates for gross cash proceeds of approximately...

Nielsen and NMI Analysis: Green Consumers Spend More in Warehouse Clubs.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Nielsen and NMI Analysis: Green Consumers Spend More in Warehouse Clubs(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The Nielsen Company and the Natural Marketing Institute have unveiled results connecting green consumers attitudes to their shopping behavior. The analysis was presented at Nielsen...

Extra strength: the latest antiperspirants and deodorants fight to the finish.
A SWARM OF TEENAGERS and mothers gravitated toward the Weleda booth at a recent "green spa" event. Spraying, sniffing and asking "does it really work?" the crowd grilled the Swiss organic body care company's communications manager, Jennifer Barckley, about the three different deodorant selections on display. The scents in...

Pizza Inn Names TDA as Advertising Agency of Record.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-10 April 2008-Pizza Inn Names TDA as Advertising Agency of Record(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Pizza Inn has named TDA Advertising and Design, a Boulder, Colorado based firm, as its advertising agency of record. The company noted that the announcement concludes a...

AMAC and Walgreens Plan Marketing Strategy for 'Ready Response Marketing Program'.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-14 February 2008-AMAC and Walgreens Plan Marketing Strategy for 'Ready Response Marketing Program'(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com American Medical Alert Corp., a provider of healthcare communication services and advanced home health monitoring technologies, announced that Walgreen Co. and AMAC management have agreed upon a...