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Week of July 28, 1997


Encyclopaedia Britannica To Sell CD-ROM Encyclopedias In Retail Stores

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., to make its products more widely available to consumers, is selling its CD-ROM encyclopedia in retail stores beginning this fall.

John Hallberg, Senior Vice President of World-Wide Marketing, said, "This is the latest of several steps taken over the past few months to make Britannica’s encyclopedia products more available and attractive to consumers. Britannica recently lowered the price of its CD-ROM product and its 32-volume printed encyclopedia is now sold in bookstores.

To help support these initiatives, the company is launching a national advertising campaign to increase awareness of Britannica’s product benefits.


Avery Dennison & AG Team For New Card Making Productsl

Avery Dennison Worldwide Office Products has teamed with American Greetings Corp. to introduce a complete selection of cardmaking products that will enable consumers to personalize and print holiday and everyday greeting cards easily on high-quality stock

Under the new agreement, Avery Dennison and American Greetings will co-brand several double-sided coated card products for ink jet printers that are customized for CreataCard software and all other publishing software programs.

Avery Dennison has also signed an agreement with Micrografx, a global leader in graphics software, to distribute worldwide an OEM version of American Greetings CreataCard Special Edition software that enables users to design and personalize their own greeting cards and invitations. This software will be included inside a variety pack of Avery-brand ink jet cards.


New GE Profile Refrigerator Features Culligan Water Filtration System

GE Appliances has entered into a co-branding effort with water filtration giant Culligan.

GE has introduced the new GE Profile Performance Refrigerator, with a Culligan water filtration system, which satisfies consumers’ increasing demand for cleaner, better tasting water.


Dixon Ticonderoga Introduces Soybean Crayon

Dixon Ticonderoga Co., renowned for its No. 2 Ticonderoga pencil, has introduced the Prang Fun Pro Soybean crayon. The soybean crayon is the first and only crayon made from a renewable resource.

"We believe the soybean crayon is set to capture a significant portion of the $200 million annual crayon market," said Frank Remus, Dixon’s Senior Vice President of Sales. "It gives consumers not only the kind of environmentally sensitive product they are clamoring for, but a major improvement in a product that hasn’t, until now, changed since it was invented."


Claris Names V. Cook Carpenter VP of Mktg.

Claris Corp., Santa Clara, CA, a leading worldwide developer of software, has named Valorie Cook Carpenter Vice President of Marketing.

Since 1994, Carpenter has been principal of her own consulting practice. Prior to this, she was Vice President of Marketing for Broderbund Software from 1992 to 1994. She also held marketing management positions at Software Publishing Corp.


Micrografx Expands U.S. Corporate Mktg. Group

Micrografx, a global leader in graphics software, formalized a new U.S. Corporate Marketing Group.

Chesley Beaver was promoted to Senior Marketing Communications Manager, International. Gerogette Smith was promoted to Associate Creative Project Manager. Debra Reed has been named to the position of Marketing Coordinator.


Hiram Walker Forms Corporate Off-Premise Dept. & Announces Brand Assignments

Hiram Walker has announced the formation of a new Corporate Off-Premise Department. Ken Candela has been named Vice President, Director of Regional Marketing and Corporate Off-Premise.

Reporting to Candela will be two Corporate Off-Premise Account Managers, Mike Mouvet and Keith Whitlock. Both have a long history of success in chain accounts. An integral part of this department is in analytical data, which will be headed by Karyn Erickson (presently Senior Market Research Analyst at Southfield headquarters) and another analyst yet to be named.

Becky Fayer, presently Brand Manager, Tuaca/Opal Nera/Salvador’s, has taken on additional brand responsibility for the Midori/Suntory portfolio. Janine Paley, Assistant Brand Manager, will now also have brand responsibility for Salvador’s and Chantelle and will continue to assist with the Hiram Walker Liqueurs portfolio, according to an announcement made by Michael Seguin, Brand Director, Spirits.


Modernistic Names K. Wilson As President

Modernistic, St. Paul, MN, has named Keith Wilson as President and COO. Previously he was an international sales and marketing operations Manager for 3M Corporation.

Modernistic is a screenprinter of point of purchase products and fleet graphics.


Benchmarc Names R. Osmond, Pres.

Benchmarc Display, Inc., has announced the appointment of Robert Osmond as President. Mr. Osmond succeeds Jim Krebs who will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board.

Osmond was formerly Vice President/General Manager and has been with Benchmarc for over six years.


Fujitsu And AdWall Team To Provide Digital In-Store Ad Network

Fujitsu General America and AdWall Capital Corp., based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, have formed an alliance to launch an in-store digital advertising network. AdWall, operating under the trade name WOW Media, recently launched a pilot program of its digital poster network in ten supermarket locations in the Midwest.

AdWall is using Fujitsu General’s Plasmavision(tm) 42 display panels exclusively for its digital poster network. AdWall’s digital poster network is a wide area network linked to 42-inch flat-panel screens that display still-image advertising in retail environments. Digital technology’s flexibility and the power of central network control can target advertisements to specific locations or alter them at any time.

AdWall anticipates launching the digital poster network nationally within the next six months.



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