Marketing Management Services International, a marketing and business consultancy firm, has purchased Arran Brewery.

Citigroup has consolidated its global marketing and communications operations under Lisa Caputo, Citis chief marketing officer.

Robbins has hired Randall Moore as its first marketing director. A half-time position to start with, the job is expected to become full time if things go as hoped. This is one part of the strategic plan worked out between RobbinsAlive! and the N.C. Rural Center as part of N.C. STEP.

The California Travel & Tourism Commission is expanding its marketing efforts to Japan with a $5.1 million campaign featuring Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on television, newspapers and billboards.

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National Association for the Specialty Food Trade has held its Spring Fancy Food Show in Chicago for 9 years A national food marketing association said Friday it has cancelled its spring 2009 convention, which would have been held at McCormick Place in April.

Verizon weighed in Friday following reports that a bipartisan FCC majority of was ready to overturn a staff decision on Verizon’s marketing practices that had gone against cable and in favor of the phone company.

The U.S. division of Sun Life Financial, Inc. (NYSE:SLF, TSX:SLF) announced today that its Retail Insurance and Annuity Division has won a Stevie(R) Award in the Sales- Interactive Multimedia category for its SunDex Bonus Client Movie CD and was named a finalist in four other marketing categories. The award was presented on June 12 during the 2008 American Business Awards(SM) held at the ...

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