UPSHOT: Chicago, has hired Wendy Sokoluk as VP-account management to oversee the account groups on the Procter & Gamble business. She has worked in account management at Saatchi & Saatchi and BBDO and in brand management at Ralston Purina, Kimberly Clark and Hershey Foods.
GMR MARKETING: New Berlin, WI, formed Vehicle Visions to handle logistics for automakers and brands shipping cars for promotions, movies, and auto shows. Vehicle Visions will prep and ship show cars and customized vehicles. Auto show veteran Terry Pruitt is CEO-general manager of the Detroit-based division.
THE WEATHER CHANNEL: Atlanta, has licensed its name to La Crosse Technology for a line of electronic weather devices that will debut this fall in Best Buy, Bass Pro Shops and The May Department Stores Co., a combined 1,000-plus stores. Office Depot and Belk, Inc. tested the line last year, and expands distribution this year to 298 Office Depot and 220 Belk stores. Products include wireless weather and temperature stations, a professional weather center and projection alarm clocks with weather forecasts.
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