Velocity Sports & Entertainment has opened an office in Charlotte, NC, in a bid to aggressively expand its NASCAR business. The sports and entertainment marketing agency has hired Trip Wheeler to head operations there.
(Direct Newsline)—U.S. traffic at the 10 leading social networking sites soared in April by 47% over the same period last year and now equates to about 45% of all active Web users, according to marketing research firm Nielsen//NetRatings.
WHIRPOOL: has launched its Mother of Invention Grant for the second year. The program calls for consumers to create a solution to an unmet need in the marketplace and submit entries to Whirlpool.com/Moms. A Whirlpool panel will judge consumers' entries ...
Specialists Marketing Services Inc. acquired list management and brokerage firm Transcontinental Direct List Services. Terms were not revealed.
Catalyst Direct Inc. bought General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems' Equient analytical services division for an undisclosed price.
Aegis Communications Group Inc. reported that expansion in the healthcare market and the closure of some call centers helped return the company to profitability in first quarter that ended March 31.
Kevin Green has been named president and CEO of Celebrate Express Inc., an online and catalog marketer of products for birthdays and other personal event celebrations.
