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Salesforce.com to Acquire Sendia
Salesforce.com will acquire Sendia Corp., a wireless technology firm, for $15 million in cash.
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Macy’s Adds Martha Stewart
Macy’s will launch an exclusive Martha Stewart Collection of housewares in fall 2007.
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Frederick’s of Hollywood Boosts Online Conversion Rate
Frederick’s of Hollywood reported its Web site conversion rate increased 3.35% after it received and displayed a Hacker Safe certificate from ScanAlert Inc.
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7-Eleven Drives Apprentice Tonight
7-Eleven appears tonight on The Apprentice to tease the April 18 launch of its P’EatZZa Sandwich.
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Claritin Sweeps Scores with Soccer Teams
One local soccer team will score a chance to win a private coaching session with a U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team member Landon Donovan under a new sweepstakes from Claritin-maker Schering-Plough Corp.
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Dreyers Concocts Kids’ Recipe Contest
Nestlé Ice Cream is running its kids’ recipe contest again, dangling a grand-prize trip to its headquarters as “flavorologist” for a day.
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Loose Cannon: In Praise of Wretched Excess
The rich are not like you and me: They have more loyalty program points.
The rich are going to need them, if they are participating in Neiman Marcus’s InCircle scheme (http://www.incircle.com): It requires 5,000 points, at a dollar a point, to earn the bottom level of prizes, with the uppermost tier of gifts requiring 5 million of ‘em.
That’s 5 million points, mostly amassed in a 12-month period. Mercifully, that doesn’t necessarily represent 5 million dollars. Neiman Marcus offers several double-point days, much like one’s local supermarket.
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McDonald’s Tulsa Market Goes Mobile
Tulsa-area McDonald’s restaurants are launching an interactive promotion targeting cell phone owners with a mobile scavenger hunt and electronic coupon offer.
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GE Invades Times Square with Multi-platform Promotion
GE is invading New York City’s Times Square today with a multi-tiered marketing campaign which takes its Picture a Healthy World promotion to the street.
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