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Eric Kim, the global marketing chief for consumer electronics giant Samsung, left the company last week for a post as executive VP of marketing with data chip manufacturer Intel. Under Kim, Samsung’s annual international marketing budget climbed …

Hershey Foods launches Hershey’s Fortified Syrup with a recipe contest for kids. A spoonful of syrup helps the vitamins go down The Make It Fun contest runs online through December. The new chocolate syrup (with calcium, vitamin E, zinc and more) hits …

LG Mobile Phones will be the featured sponsor of Olympus Fashion Week to be held this month in Manhattan. To kick off the week’s events—Sept. 18-15—LG is sponsoring a contest for designers from the Katherine Gibbs design school in New York City. …

New research on call centers indicates a split between customer and vendor attitudes, as well as wide-spread security concerns, according to a survey of corporate and business call and contact center users; contact center staff and managers; and outsourcers who run centers in the U.S. and overseas.

PolkOne Xpress: An automotive credit-based list offering for pre-approved lender programs. PolkOne Xpress uses proprietary automotive information and demographic data to deliver individuals that meet both credit and non-credit qualifying criteria.

Financial services companies experience a 65% turnover in customers because of poor service provided by call centers.

Salisbury, MD-based Data Services Inc. has begun offering list hygiene services online for Canadian records in accordance with certification and national change of address standards established by Canada Post. The technology for transferring files via the Internet for updates was developed in-house.

EBay has opened a college bookstore and is taking the news to students on campus as well as at concerts, movies and the mall. The College Superstore at www.ebay.com/college offers 45% off the list price of textbooks. Thirty campus screenings of Will …

Visa USA targets young inventors with an online contest dangling seed money to produce their inventions. The essay contest, dubbed Ideas Happen, fields entries from 18- to 29-year-olds who describe their big idea (in 250 words or less). A panel of …

Snack maker Wise Foods has partnered with comedian Bernie Mac for a back-to-school sweepstakes launching Mac ‘N Cheese Flavored Cheez Doodles. The “Hey America!” sweeps will award a trip for four to watch a taping of The Bernie Mac Show and meet the …