| Jervis B. Webb Company Offers US & Canadian Customers Ability to ...
Farmington Hills, MI, April 13, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Jervis B. Webb Company — a world leader in material handling solutions — today announced it now provides genuine Webb conveyor parts for purchase online via the company’s newly redesigned Website at www.JervisBWebb.com. The site’s new "shopping cart" feature allows customers to browse and buy from a catalog of more than 75 authentic Webb Company replacement parts."The new Website makes it easier than ever for our customers in the United States and Canada to purchase the quality Webb parts they need to keep their systems running at peak performance," said Bruce Buscher, Webb’s Vice President of Automotive & Industrial Sales and Marketing. "Adding an e-commerce component to our site enables us to provide our customers with another reliable avenue to access the materials they need."The Webb parts available for purchase online are the same high quality, durable products that have made Jervis B.
Former Collierville Building Official Files Suit Seeking Old Job
ON AGAIN: First Baptist Church in Collierville at 830 New Byhalia Road is in the midst of a major expansion project. The town's former top building official, Lynn Hicks, was fired shortly after issuing a "stop work order" at the site several weeks ago. -- PHOTO BY ANDY MEEK Lynn Hicks, Collierville's top building official before he was sacked last month over a myriad of performance-related issues, has filed a lawsuit in Shelby County Chancery Court. The suit filed by the former head of Collierville's building codes department is an application for writ of certiorari, which, if granted, would reverse the decision that led to Hicks' being fired. To pursue his legal action against the town, he's hired Clyde Keenan, a former Memphis police officer, as his attorney.
Last chance for grand marshal voting
The San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee Inc. wants to remind people that there is still time left to vote for community grand marshals for this year's Pride Parade. Ballots must be received (not postmarked) at the Pride office by Saturday, March 31. Voting takes place at various polling places or people can print out a ballot from the Pride Web site and mail or bring it in. The most updated polling places and dates are online at http://www.sfpride.org. People can vote for up to three nominees in the individual category. They are: Alison Terry-Evans, women's community Web site creator; Cleve Jones and Mike Smith, AIDS quilt founder and Names Project co-founder, respectively; Juan Pablo Gutierrez, artist and activist; Leslie Ewing, women's health and AIDS advocate; Robert Haaland, labor activist; Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis, marriage equality activists; Susan Stryker, LGBT historian; Theresa Sparks, police commissioner; and Vicky Kolakowski, administrative law judge.
Dell Inc. decides against opening 2nd showroom
ROUND ROCK, Texas - Dell Inc. has abandoned plans to open a second retail showroom and said it will re-evaluate ways to reach new customers after losing the lead in personal computers to Hewlett-Packard Co. last year. A 3,000-square-foot store in West Nyack, N.Y., slated to open earlier this year, is no longer being considered, said Dwayne Cox, a spokesman for Dell. Dell opened its first showroom in Dallas in July to give people a place to see PCs, televisions and other products before ordering them online or by telephone. Cox said that customer acceptance of the Dallas showroom has been good. .
It Makes No Difference Who You Are: Disney Welcomes You Home
If you have ever been to Walt Disney World in Florida and stayed at a Disney resort, you are familiar with the words "Welcome Home." This phrase is repeated by everyone from the bus driver, the concierge, the bellhop, the maid and the cashier at the store to the workers at the theme parks. At first it was a little amusing when I heard this, but after the fifth time or so it became somewhat eerie. I wondered whether or not these Disney people had been drinking some kind of Mickey Kool-Aid and were part of a weird cult. This cynicism slowly faded as I saw the wonder in my five-year-old daughter's eyes and understood that they were all part of making the magic happen for her (and for her Mommy and me, too). Disney is all about magic from the moment of arrival. There is a sense of stepping through a looking glass, a sense of wonder that springs from the child we all still have hiding somewhere inside us.
Bricks Fight Back
Retail stores are ramping up their use of technology to draw in more customers with eye-catching ads and an array of what are called “unique shopping experiences." Brick-and-mortar outlets are loading their arsenals with technology borrowed from video gaming, flight simulation, sound-and-light spectaculars, and just about every reality—virtual or otherwise—in between. Retailers have little choice. With the surge in online shopping in recent years, fewer people are actually setting foot inside actual stores to buy goods. To stay competitive, real-world retailers have to provide unique and blended experiences to differentiate themselves from their competition, says Forrester Research senior analyst Tamara Mendelsohn. “You will see more innovative technologies at more brick-and-mortar retail locations," she says.
Parent 2 Parent: Modest Clothes For Teens
With all the sexy images in the media many parents feel the battle over appropriate clothing for girls is tougher than ever.In this Parent 2 Parent report: how some businesses are helping girls feel good about dressing modestly.Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, todays young celebrities arent exactly role models when it comes to modest clothing.But more and more clothing manufacturers are realizing there is a market for more conservative styles.The quest to find an undershirt or cami that had a lower waistline and higher neckline was what led Chelsea Rippy to start the Shade Clothing Company: a line of modest, fashionable t-shirts and dresses.Rippy says she often noticed girls tugging at shirts that were too small or too tight, young women are going to do whatever it takes to fit in and whether theyre going to wear something that doesnt look good on them, I think theyre willing to do it to fit in.And Rippy may be right.
LeGuide.com SA: First Quarter Income 2007 : 2.88ME
The leading independent publisher of online price comparison and shopping search engines and shopping guides LeGuide.com S.A. has announced a net income of 2.88ME in the 1st quarter of 2007 (unaudited figure). Net income has thus increased by 98% compared to the same period last year, when it was at 1.45ME.
The strong increase in net income can be explained on the one hand by the company's strong European development and on the other by partnerships with large portals, such as that launched with Alice at the end of the first quarter of 2006.
Covering 12 European countries, LeGuide.com S.A. lists more than 28,000 European e-merchants (March 31, 2007.) In France, the LeGuide.com S.A. sites had more than 3 million unique visitors in March 2007* and close to 5.5 million unique visitors throughout Europe**.
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