The News Review:
- US auto sales drop in March as consumers hold back
- Kia March US sales fall 9.8% to 24,871 vehicles
- Globecomm Systems Names Bill Raney Senior VP Sales and Marketing
- IMC-Jordan conducts marketing and sales skills training course
- Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools
US auto sales drop in March as consumers hold back
International Herald Tribune – Apr 1, 2008
Some automakers warned things could keep getting worse in the near term. “I'd like to be able to tell you that the worst is behind us, but I really can't give you that assurance,” Jim Farley, Ford Motor Co. 's sales and marketing chief, said in a conference call. Farley said Ford is concerned the shrinking availability of consumer credit will continue to hurt sales and that the second quarter could be more difficult than the first. GM's truck and SUV sales were down 22 percent in March while its car sales fell 14 percent. New vehicles like the Chevrolet Malibu were a bright spot, with sales up 17 percent, but sales of Chevrolet pickups were down 25 percent while sales of GM's gas-guzzling Hummer brand fell 29 percent. GM's sales were down 11 percent for the first quarter… Mark LaNeve, GM's vice president for North American sales and marketing, said a monthlong strike by American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. that has idled or shut down 30 factories that make GM trucks, cars and SUVs has cut GM's production by 100,000 vehicles. But he said slow sales and a high inventory before the strike has minimized the impact. LaNeve said truck and SUV supplies were “more than adequate” for spring, but he wouldn't speculate on whether the strike will hurt hotter sellers like the Malibu. “We don't believe that it's affected retail business one bit to date,” LaNeve said.
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Kia March US sales fall 9.8% to 24,871 vehicles
MarketWatch – Apr 1, 2008
fell to 24,871 vehicles from 27,567 in the year-ago period. March sales of the Spectra jumped to 8,022 vehicles from 5,675 last year, and Optima sales declined to 2,404 vehicles from 4,318 a year ago. Kia is an affiliate of Hyundai Motor America and the sales and marketing arm of Kia Motors Corp. , based in Seoul, Korea.
Globecomm Systems Names Bill Raney Senior VP Sales and Marketing
sys-con.com – Apr 1, 2008
In this capacity, Mr. Raney will oversee the global sales and marketing initiatives of Globecomm. Raney is currently the Vice President and General Manager of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary Globecomm Services Maryland and will begin in this new position immediately. Ken Miller, President of Globecomm, said, “Bill’s new position is part of our strategy to further leverage our communications infrastructure capabilities into recurring service offerings, as well as strengthen our sales and marketing organization as we plan for growth in the coming years.
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IMC-Jordan conducts marketing and sales skills training course
ameinfo.com – Apr 1, 2008
The training was supervised by well-trained and experienced experts in management and efficiency fields which helped obtain the best required results from the course. The training course included several topics which mainly focused on basic principles in the marketing and sales fields, and how to formulate and improve these principles to correspond to the present evolving marketing requirements. The course offered the participants best practice guidelines to prepare for the sales process and access to opportunities, as well as the foundations of sales through the identification of the buyer’s motivations, in addition to the guidelines of best practices in customer service and proper communication with clients through applying the tools and techniques presented in the session, which in turn leads to increase the efficiency and effectiveness leading to increased sales. A number of employees from different companies participated in the course, in order to obtain comprehensive knowledge of how to develop these concepts and principles on the ground, which would greatly attribute to their distinction from other companies in order to exceed their competitors, and achieve success. Through an evaluation questionnaire conducted at the end of training, participants expressed their satisfaction with the course proceedings, and they described the information offered to them through out the course as rich and will definitely assist them in setting up and developing productive programs and plans to achieve the economic growth for their companies.
Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools
Bloomberg – Apr 1, 2008
"Brian has a strong balance of enterprise and consumer expertise and aproven track record in helping companies grow their customer bases byanticipating future needs," said Ken Kannappan, president and CEO ofPlantronics. "His guidance and judgment in these areas will be very valuableto Plantronics. " Promoted to chief marketing and sales officer in 2006, Dexheimer isresponsible for the direction and management of Seagate's five market-facingbusiness units: Enterprise Storage, Personal Storage, Consumer ElectronicsStorage, Branded Solutions and New Business Initiatives. Prior to his currentrole, Dexheimer was the executive vice president of Sales, Marketing andCustomer Service, where he helped Seagate grow its business in core marketsand also expand to new markets with significant revenue opportunities. A 22-year veteran of Seagate, Dexheimer has held a variety of leadershippositions, including vice president and general manager of Seagate RemovableStorage Solutions; senior vice president, Marketing and Product LineManagement for Desktop disk drives; and senior vice president, Worldwide Salesand Marketing. "Plantronics is at a very exciting stage in its 47-year history as trendsin both the enterprise and consumer markets are increasing the value of thecompany's offerings for the customer," said Dexheimer. "I'm very pleased tojoin the Board of Directors and look forward to helping the company achieveits long-term business goals.