The News Review:
- Sealed Air 2Q slightly off despite big sales drop
- cado Comp Sales +28% Last Week; Raising GBP40 Million
- Parvus Promotes Dustin Kramer to VP of Sales & Marketing
- New home sales in the QC rise in June
- VRED Adds Direct Marketing Sales Force
Sealed Air 2Q slightly off despite big sales drop
The Associated Press
-based company’s food business sales fell no more than 15 percent in the three months ended in June but sales from its protective packaging and specialty materials businesses fell nearly 30 percent. Sealed Air’s cost of sales decreased 22 percent or $208. 7 million and its marketing administrative and development expenses declined by 17 percent or $34 million. Free cash flow during the three months ended in June soared to $228 million from $6 million in last year’s second quarter. In afternoon trading shares fell $1.
cado Comp Sales +28% Last Week; Raising GBP40 Million
CNNMoney.com
’s comparable sales rose 28% last week from thesame period a year earlier as the U. online grocer cut prices and increasedits product range to 19000 as it lured the majority of its customers fromsupermarket chains Tesco PLC (TSC. LN) and J Sainsbury PLC (SBRY. LN) during theeconomic downturn one of the group’s founders said.
Parvus Promotes Dustin Kramer to VP of Sales & Marketing
SYS-CN Media (press release) (press release)
Kramer is a proven sales executive and manager with extensiveexperience in technology products and services with an emphasis on networkcommunications and high performance computing platforms. In this new roleKramer will spearhead the development of strategic sales and marketingprograms that will improve operational efficiency and enable customers toleverage Parvus’ extensive expertise in rugged embedded computer systems. As director of sales operations since 2006 Kramer has led Parvus’ salesorganization to achieve above target quotas and has successfullyimplemented new sales and support processes to improve customersatisfaction. “Dusty’s leadership and industry knowledge have played a critical role inmaking Parvus the first choice for military and commercial contractorsseeking intelligent ruggedized computing and communications solutions”said Les Goodman president of Parvus Corporation. “In this new positionwe are certain his talents will continue to foster key client and partnerrelationships to maintain Parvus’ leadership role in the embedded computingindustry. CI CT & Developer Resources.
New home sales in the QC rise in June
Quad City Times
Quad-City-based Mel Foster Co. reported its home sales in Iowawere up 9 percent from May and up 17 percent in Illinois in thesame period. The company’s total sales were up 4 percent last monthcompared with June 2008. “Momentum is gaining each month” said Kris Ratigan MelFoster’s marketing director. In the Quad-City market in June Mel Foster’s average sale pricein Illinois was $124445 an increase of 4 percent from June 2008. The average sales price in Iowa was $173847 an increase of 7percent from a year ago. According to the Iowa Association of Realtors the state’shousing market also is on the rebound.
VRED Adds Direct Marketing Sales Force
Business Wire (press release) (press release)
(Pink Sheets:VRED) announced today that the Company has expanded its marketing efforts by entering into a sales agent agreement with BroadBlast Managed Communication of Delmar New York. BroadBlast experts in engaging educational institutions has entered into a sales agent agreement with VRED to supply best of breed alerting and response services. The companies share a common focus: provide the easiest full featured emergency alert and notification service to the education market through an implementation program that engages the entire community and limits client exposure to liability. “As a leading provider of managed mass communication systems in the Education market BroadBlast is very excited to be working with Virtual Ed Link” said Amy Friedman President of BroadBlast Managed Communication. “This new partnership will enable us to give our clients the expanded opportunity to access a comprehensive communication management system that focuses not only on emergency alert and notification but on comprehensive preparedness training intervention communication and recovery. ” “Virtual Ed Link fills the need for a comprehensive integrated safety and security management system that will meet today’s complex and evolving requirements” said Dr.
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