Cost Cutting Key for Continued First Solar Success
CNN Money
( gigaom.com ) -- Industry watchers continue to fawn over solar panel maker First Solar (FSLR) because of its low-cost technology and ballooning sales contracts. But with mounting competition, analysts attending an important presentation by...
A Grim Morning After for Australian Wines
New York Times
SYDNEY — Just a few years ago, Australia was being hailed as the great international success story of the wine business, challenging the dominance of France, Italy and Spain. From 1999 to 2007, foreign sales grew more than threefold, making...
BBDO Worldwide Wins Network of the Year at Cannes for Third Year in a ...
DVD Creation
The correlation between creative awards and in market sales success has been established," said Andrew Robertson , President and Chief Executive Officer of BBDO Worldwide. "Creativity -- the magical ability to attract and hold the attention...
Paramount’s Grey Says Film Franchises Drive Margins (Update1)
Bloomberg
... to first place in 2009 sales after “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” took in $200.1 million in the first five days in theaters, according to Hollywood.com Box-Office and Box Office Mojo.com, which track receipts. The box-office suc...
Bungie chief on ODST, Halo 4, Natal and being ex-Microsoft
Seattle Times
There's a big difference in the success - in sales, in the review numbers of the title. The Ensemble guys (who made Halo Wars) are great guys, they did a great job with what they did, but I don't think they made a Bungie game. They didn't b...
Ford sales up 3 percent in October; GM posts its first gain in nearly two years; Toyota and Honda sales are flat ...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ford posted a 3 percent sales gain in October, but the auto industry is far from healthy. The higher October numbers are compared to last year's October when industry sales collapsed.
Former Vice President of Sales at WebEx Joins RingCentral as VP of Worldwide Sales
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
SAN MATEO, Calif.----RingCentral, a cloud computing based business phone system provider, today announced the appointment of Ryan Azus as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Azus will be responsible for managing and building RingCentral’s wo...
Telairity Names Ben Silva as Sales VP for Communications, Media and ...
Earthtimes
"By adding Ben to the Telairity senior management team, our company is taking an important step forward," said Sachs. "Ben's expertise allows us to expand further into the IPTV and Asia-Pacific markets, complementing our success in the Amer...
Government hopes to replicate cash for clunkers success with appliance rebates
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Following the success of the Cash for Clunkers program, the federal government recently announced the creation of a similar rebate program for consumers looking to purchase new energy-efficient appliances. While many of the details of the p...
Recession and low dollar kill famous NZ firm
New Zealand Herald
It had tried to address the situation by looking to license its casual brand to other companies and get out of some of its shop leases, with limited success. It had held sales to generate cash, which had proved popular, but it was probably ...
Reassessing CRM: From Sales Rep Annoyance to Competitive Edge
Manage Smarter
As sales and marketing managers grapple with the task of ensuring their companies remain competitive during the economic downturn, many are frustrated by an age-old dilemma: how to track and manage the copious amounts of customer data requi...
