The News Review:
- November Sales Shock: Wii Sells Over 2 Million Units
- Advantage Sales & Marketing Chooses Cornerstone OnDemand for …
- Bi-Coastal Pharmaceutical Corp. Acquires US Marketing Rights to …
- Performics: 2008 Black Friday Search Engine Marketing Sales Grew …
November Sales Shock: Wii Sells Over 2 Million Units
PC World
57m – Nintendo DS 836k – Xbox 360 421k – PSP 378k – PlayStation 3 206k – PlayStation 2 Nintendo finally got the lead out and fixed its supply issues or if you’re slightly more cynical decided the dollar was worth enough to open the stateside floodgates this holiday season. That the Wii beat the DS in unit sales is almost equally flooring. According to Microsoft the Xbox 360 walloped Sony 3-to-1 in console sales during the Black Friday weekend and finished November with a 2-to-1 sales advantage over the PS3. Citing internal data Microsoft says the Xbox 360 was the fastest growing console in Europe during November with sales up 124 percent year-over-year versus 43 percent for Wii and three percent for PS3. 56m – Gears of War 2 (360) 1.
Advantage Sales & Marketing Chooses Cornerstone OnDemand for …
MarketWatch
ASM’s philosophy also includes fostering a “learning environment” by providing extensive training and development programs for its employees. To support this culture of excellence ASM sought to invest in a complete technology solution for its learning and talent management efforts one that would span the entire employee lifecycle while also helping to create new organizational efficiencies and best practices. “It was important for our Talent Development team to find a comprehensive user-friendly and interactive talent management solution that would engage both managers and team members and support our business goals” said Pamela James Vice President Human Resources for Advantage Sales and Marketing. “Because Cornerstone’s software suite is truly integrated we will have the ability to gain more insight into our entire workforce and make more strategic human capital management decisions. According to a recent Bersin & Associates study organizations using integrated human capital management solutions cite two to three times the ROI of organizations implementing point solutions. (1) Deploying Cornerstone’s software suite across its organization will allow ASM to: — Strategically and cost-effectively create manage and deliver personalized fully blended learning programs for its entire organization. — Align individual goals with departmental objectives and organizational strategy as well as automate existing performance review and competency assessment programs.
Bi-Coastal Pharmaceutical Corp. Acquires US Marketing Rights to …
MarketWatch
) spray bottle that if used as directed is a 2 month supply. Aquoral(TM) has already received overwhelming acceptance by physicians as well as patients suffering with Xerostomia. The sales and marketing of Aquoral(TM) will begin by Bi-Coastal to the Pharmaceutical trade channels immediately. Bi-Coastal Pharmaceutical Corp. is a leading Sales Marketing and Consulting company founded in 1982 and based in Red Bank New Jersey. Since 2001 Bi-Coastal has secured product sales in excess of $650 Million. Bi-Coastal is currently finalizing its multi-faceted sales and marketing plans for Aquoral(TM) that will include an aggressive trade and physician advertising campaign telemarketing direct mail and other programs to physicians as well as a detail sales force initially targeting the Dental Oncology Rheumatology and Managed Care markets.
Performics: 2008 Black Friday Search Engine Marketing Sales Grew …
MarketWatch
Advertisers responded by refocusing scarce resources making tough decisions about margins and executing deep online and offline discounts around Black Friday and Cyber Monday” said Nick Beil CEO for Performics. “Meanwhile consumers consolidated some of their shopping behavior to capitalize on the deal-intensive period from Black Friday through Cyber Monday. In addition to outperforming Cyber Monday 2008 Black Friday 2008 retail sales from search engine marketing surpassed the highest single-day sales mark of 2007. Cyber Monday 2008 also generated impressive year over year growth with retail sales from search engine marketing increasing 43 percent from Cyber Monday 2007. “What remains to be seen is whether the initial year-over-year growth can be sustained throughout the rest of the season or if consumers consider their shopping to be finished already” said Beil. “Savvy advertisers will focus on ‘follow up’ or ‘don’t forget’ shopping behavior–appealing to consumers to finish the shopping they have already started. Performics used sales per advertiser data to determine these growth metrics.
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