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The GfK Group Partners with Charlotte American Marketing Association
The Charlotte Chapter of the American Marketing Association is proud to announce the addition of their newest partner, GfK Group, who will serve as official partner of a monthly Charlotte AMA event series, AMA’s regional chapter’s retreat, and an annual signature event. As part of this... - October 10, 2014 - Charlotte American Marketing Association
ValueLabs to Display Its Digital Technology Solutions at GITEX 2014
ValueLabs, a global business technology solutions provider, is showcasing its capabilities in the digital technologies space at the GITEX (Gulf Information Technology Exhibition) Technology Week to be held during October 12-16, 2014, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). - October 10, 2014 - ValueLabs
Lucintel Anticipates Global Automotive Coating Market to Reach $18.2 Billion by 2019
The global automotive coating market is expected to reach an estimated $18.2 billion by 2019.Innovative solutions such as ultraviolet curing coating, ultra-hydrophobic nano coating, and water-borne coating system is driving demand for coatings used in large vehicle surface, thus widening the scope... - October 10, 2014 - Lucintel
India Online Advertising Market Outlook – Rise in Internet Users and Wide Reach to Drive Growth
Netscribes, Inc. launches a report on the Online Advertising Market in India 2014 covering a market with strong growth potential. It is a part of Netscribes’ Retail and Services Industry Series. - October 10, 2014 - Netscribes, Inc.
India Mobile App Market Outlook – Rising Device & Broadband Internet Adoption Driving the Market
Netscribes, Inc. launches a report on the Mobile Application Market in India 2014 covering a market with strong growth potential. It is a part of Netscribes’ Technology Series. - October 10, 2014 - Netscribes, Inc.
China Software Market Outlook – China’s Software Industry Upbeat on Future
Netscribes, Inc. launches a report on the Software Market in China 2014 covering a market with strong growth potential. It is a part of Netscribes’ Technology Industry Series. - October 10, 2014 - Netscribes, Inc.
"Biohacking" Coming to "The Secret City"
Biodidact is a new DIY Biolab planning to open its doors to the public in Los Alamos, New Mexico, this coming Spring. Its founder has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, to enable the lab to open its doors to amateur scientists. - October 09, 2014 - Biodidact
Intertek Announces Trim Qualification Program to Help Retailers Comply with U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Testing and Certification Rule
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, announces the release of the Trim Qualification Program. The Trim Qualification Program provides children’s apparel and footwear retailers, vendors and trim suppliers, a holistic... - October 09, 2014 - Intertek
Lucintel Anticipates Global Flat Glass Industry to Reach $66.6 Billion by 2019
The global flat glass industry is expected to reach an estimated $66.6 billion by 2019. The major drivers of flat glass are growth in automotive and construction industries. Growing demand of energy efficient glasses has encouraged OEMs to switch to insulated glazing from single glazing units. - October 09, 2014 - Lucintel
Oliver Wight Share How to Get Businesses Fit for the Future at Autumn Supply Chain Forum
Oliver Wight EAME, business improvement specialists, will lead a presentation explaining how businesses can get fit for the future at the Supply Chain Forum in Nottingham on 21 October. - October 09, 2014 - Oliver Wight EAME
Group Account Director Joins Callahan Creek
Callahan Creek announced today the hiring of Mark Tribble as Group Account Director. Tribble joins the marketing agency from MARC USA, where he led the Rite Aid and Krystal accounts. Prior to that he was with Bernstein-Rein, where he was responsible for managing the Haverty’s, Family Dollar... - October 09, 2014 - Callahan Creek
SGS' New Webinar: BRC Food, Issue 7: Overview of New Requirements
The aim of the webinar is to introduce the significant changes to the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety in the Issue 7 release covering the requirements and the protocol. Agenda Introduction to Issue 7, process for change and implementation timelines Changes to the requirements Changes to the... - October 09, 2014 - SGS
One Source Industries of Irvine California a Leading Provider of Global Supply Chain Managed Solutions for Point of Purchase Displays Announces the Release of ACCU Colors
(OSI), a leading provider of global supply chain managed solutions for point of purchase (POP) displays, consumer product packaging and branded merchandise programs, today introduced ACCU Colors™ a unique nail bracket system features individual color tips, enabling consumers to see how various colors will look before purchasing. - October 08, 2014 - OSI Creative.com
Viscosity Partners with Cisco to Deliver Oracle Cloud and DBaaS Technology
Viscosity and Cisco are teaming up for a one-day Joint Seminar on DbaaS, Private Database Cloud/Consolidation, Zero-risk migration, and the Benefits of Oracle on Cisco UCS platform. - October 08, 2014 - Viscosity North America
SwiftTech Solutions Offers HIPAA Risk Security Analysis Program for Medical Offices
Third party scans will prepare private practices for upcoming OCR audits. - October 08, 2014 - SwiftTech Solutions, Inc.
BrandingBusiness Helps Skywell Rise Above the Competition
Leading B2B brand strategy firm BrandingBusiness today revealed its work for the innovative Skywell, a start-up based in Santa Monica whose portable machines create clean, fresh drinking water from atmospheric air using only electricity. In advance of its September launch, Skywell engaged... - October 08, 2014 - BrandingBusiness
Employee Engagement in the Financial Services Industry
Juice Inc. to Attend 2014 Customer Experience Exchange for Financial Services - October 08, 2014 - Juice Inc.
Social HorsePower Partners with Affiliate Manager to Help Clients Control Local Word-of-Mouth Marketing on Social Media
Social HorsePower (SocialHP.com) teams up with AffiliateManager.com to offer a revolutionary social media marketing platform, that will allow businesses to transform their entire staff into a killer Social Media Marketing team – with a click of a button. - October 08, 2014 - AffiliateManager.com
New Report: Wearable Healthcare Technology Market Shooting Up to USD 41 Billion by 2020
Wearable devices, smart algorithms and the existence of huge, easily accessible health databases are disrupting the health industry. Today, the global size of such smart wearable devices is USD 2 billion. By the year 2020 this market is estimated to reach USD 41 billion. Today, we are at the mere beginning of this deep transformation of the healthcare sector. Future medical care will be highly personalized and new players will change industry dynamics. - October 08, 2014 - Soreon Research
Saudi Arabia Commercial Vehicles Market to Grow at Around 15% During 2014-19, Says TechSci Research
Continuing growth in infrastructure, growing religious tourism and increasing government focus on non-oil sectors to drive commercial vehicles market in Saudi Arabia through 2019. - October 08, 2014 - TechSci Research
GIA Celebrates 10 Years of Support for Plan International’s Efforts to Raise Girl’s Rights
Global Intelligence Alliance (GIA) celebrates its tenth year of supporting Plan International, as part of its corporate social responsibility program. GIA’s involvement with Plan began in February 2005 through its corporate headquarters in Finland, and comprises financial donations, a child... - October 08, 2014 - Global Intelligence Alliance Group
Rentricity Starts First Irrigation In-Pipe Hydro Clean Energy Project in Idaho
New projects reflect a growing interest in energy recovery technology for irrigation water pipeline infrastructure. - October 07, 2014 - Rentricity Inc.
Optima Continues to Grow with Solutions Consulting Expertise
Optima ECM Consulting announces Ms. Jean Hills has joined Optima as a Senior Solutions Consultant. Ms. Hills brings over 15 years of experience selling the OpenText Solutions Suite for SAP, which includes SAP Extended Enterprise Content Management, SAP Invoice Management, SAP Document Presentment,... - October 07, 2014 - Optima ECM Consulting
ChatterUP to Go Live at Driving Sales Executive Summit
ChatterUP is launching the beta version of its innovative social media management application on October 12th at the Driving Sales Executive Summit in Las Vegas. The company aims to change the way car dealerships use social media by making it easier and more effective as a sales, service, and... - October 07, 2014 - ChatterUP
Employing People with Intellectual and Development Disabilities Pays
New Research Shows That Doing the Right Thing Also Makes Good Business Sense - October 07, 2014 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
MJPcreative, the New Lifestyle Company from Michael Pierce Style
Michael Pierce Style, an up and coming Lifestyle and Event Service, introduced this week its new corporate brand, including a new name (MJP creative) new logo, and customer materials. A new website also launched this week. The re-branding reflects the many recent changes as well as its vision for the future. - October 07, 2014 - MJP Creative
Report Says Microbial Source Tracking is Important in Addressing Fecal Pollution
Microbial Source Tracking techniques play an important role in solving fecal contamination in water bodies, according to a technical report prepared by a committee of stormwater experts. - October 06, 2014 - Source Molecular Corporation
Learn How to Understand and Stop Bullying
In his newly released book "Chestnuts: A True Story about Being Bullied." Gilbert Ohanian Examines His Experiences Being Bullied in School - October 06, 2014 - Gilbert Ohanian
Cape Coral Man Wants Children to Read More – Publishes First Book
“Adventures of Nutty and Twittles, Oh Nuts! I Lost My Little Sister!” - October 06, 2014 - Halo Publishing International
Proclaim Inc. Selects Synthium Health to Put a Claim on Medical Billing eCommerce
A leading healthcare cash-flow management company signs up for on-demand eCommerce solutions and offers discounts for online purchases. - October 05, 2014 - Synthium Health
Solar Maid Launches Pest Stop® Pest Abatement System
Solar Maid has launched its new Pest Stop ® pest abatement system to its already growing menu of Janitorial Solar O&M services. Beginning in April of 2014, 4 of the 5 largest residential solar leasing companies in the United States have partnered with Solar Maid to provide nationwide pest... - October 05, 2014 - The Solar Maid Company
Conservation Design Forum Celebrates 20th Anniversary as a Leader in the Sustainable Environment Field
Designers of the world-renown Chicago City Hall Green Roof celebrate the firm's 20 years of pioneering design and engineering. - October 05, 2014 - Conservation Design Forum
iPad is the #1 Brand Among Kids 6-12; Digital Entertainment is Replacing Traditional TV
The iPad’s introduction five years ago forever changed the way kids and families consume entertainment. It is now the #1 brand among children 6-12, according to findings from the 2014 Young Love® study, the nation’s largest survey of brands among youth and families. Apple’s iPad trumps iconic kid brands such as McDonald’s, Toys“R”Us, Nickelodeon, and Disney. - October 05, 2014 - Smarty Pants
Neoedge Urges Companies to Set Procurement Fraud as Top Organisational Priority
Neoedge, a leading events producer in Singapore, will hold the Global Procurement Fraud Master Class in Singapore on the 29th-31st October 2014. The international event will be happening in Hotel Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay. This professional development master class is Neoedge’s call for companies to set Procurement Fraud on top of its organisational priority. - October 05, 2014 - Neoedge Pte. Ltd
Lakeview Consultants Partners with Children International
The management team at Lakeview Consultants has begun their official partnership with Children International. Children International offers sponsors the opportunity to impact the lives of children throughout every phase in the child's life. Each sponsor helps contribute to the health, education, nutrition, material aid and development in the child's life. - October 04, 2014 - Lakeview Consultants
Global Online Retail Sales to Top One Trillion Euro This Year
Hamburg-based business intelligence organization yStats.com’s comprehensive new report on online retail sales worldwide tells of continued growth and trends in the industry. The report, titled “Global B2C E-Commerce and Online Payment Market 2014” sees slowing growth rates overall... - October 04, 2014 - yStats.com GmbH & Co. KG
TechVista Systems, Systems Limited to Showcase Industry-Specific IT and Business Solutions at GITEX 2014
TechVista Systems and its parent company Systems Limited, announced their participation at GITEX 2014 to be held at Dubai World Trade Centre from October 12 – 16, 2014. Experts from both the entities will be available at POD No. T2-22, Microsoft Pavilion and POD No. Sri35, Shaikh Rashid Hall,... - October 04, 2014 - Systems Limited
CCE Aligns with Three Training Providers for the Distance Credentialed Counselor (DCC)
The Center for Credentialing & Education (CCE) has aligned with Renewed Vision Counseling Services; Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC; and the TeleMental Health Institute, Inc. to provide the training required for the Distance Credentialed Counselor (DCC) credential. The DCC identifies... - October 04, 2014 - Center for Credentialing & Education
Popular American Technology Author & Blogger Heads Down Under
Karl Palachuk, internationally recognized technology author, blogger, and managed services business consultant is heading to Australia and New Zealand on a four-city tour. - October 04, 2014 - Small Biz Thoughts
J. Scott Hinkle to Deliver Keynote at the 2014 National Organization for Human Services (NOHS) Conference
Dr. J. Scott Hinkle, director of professional development at the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), will be one of two keynote speakers at the National Organization for Human Services (NOHS) national conference, October 22–25, 2014, in Las Vegas. Hinkle’s co-speaker is Dr. - October 04, 2014 - Center for Credentialing & Education
LCI Recognizes Walt Disney Imagineering with Annual Pioneer Award
Lean Construction Institute is conducting the 16th Annual LCI Congress in San Francisco, CA from October 7-10, 2014. Industry leaders gather to share information about Lean Construction practices, tools, and techniques. - October 04, 2014 - Lean Construction Institute
AboutWeb Receives Five Year IT Support Contract from Social Security Administration and Announces First Task Order Award
AboutWeb has received its first task order award under SSA's new small business BPA. The award is valued at $80 million and is estimated to span five years. AboutWeb has hired a team of four systems analysts to begin work this week providing LAN, WAN, and desktop support for four hundred staff at SSA. - October 03, 2014 - AboutWeb, LLC
The Raya Surawong-Bangkok Joins Variety Hotels
Variety Hotels, a Thailand based hotel management company, has announced the addition of The Raya Surawong-Bangkok to their portfolio this month, making it the tenth hotel managed by the group in destinations including Bangkok, Hua Hin, Phuket, Koh Samui and Koh Tao. Set in the heart of the... - October 03, 2014 - The Unique Collection of Hotels and Resorts
US Building Consultants Hires Tim Lee as New Forensic Investigator and Consultant
USBCI has hired a new forensic investigator and consultant. Tim Lee is a Florida native who is highly certified in the construction industry. - October 03, 2014 - USBCI
April Keating Achieves Master Certification with Constant Contact
Washington, D.C. metro marketing expert demonstrates proven track record delivering measurable results. - October 03, 2014 - Cre8ve Content Co.
BuildTrack Home Automation for Bungalows & Villas of Navi Mumbai
Smart Phone & Tablet usage is growing rapidly in India and everybody is looking forward to make their homes to be Smart Phone enabled. BuildTrack has an extensive line of solutions that are intended to serve a broad range of needs and budgets in various segments including, homes, offices, hospitals, hotels etc. - October 03, 2014 - Surmount Energy Solution Pvt. Ltd.
Surmount Energy Perform MOEF Analysis for RNA Corp
RNA Corp, have chosen Surmount Energy for performing the MOEF analysis for one of its project in Mumbai, RNA Aram Nagar. Surmount Energy is delighted to work with RNA builders for doing various types of energy analysis, shadow analysis etc. - October 03, 2014 - Surmount Energy Solution Pvt. Ltd.
Narang Civilisation Opts for Surmount Energy for High Rise Consulting Certification Facilitation
Narang Civilisation project has chosen Surmount Energy for its High Rise Consulting certification facilitation for one of its multistoried residential tower near Dadar raillway station, Mumbai. Surmount Energy provides expertise as High Rise Clearance (HRC) Consultants for buildings in Greater Mumbai that are over 20 stories (70 Meters) and need to go through this clearance. Surmount has previously worked with Orbit Groups to achieve HRC and GRIHA pre-certifications. - October 03, 2014 - Surmount Energy Solution Pvt. Ltd.
Danny F. Dukes and Associates, LLC Announces That Danny Dukes Completes Business Valuation Course
Danny F. Dukes and Associates, LLC announced that the founder, Danny Dukes, completed a course offered by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) the week of September 12. - October 02, 2014 - Danny F. Dukes and Associates, LLC
Futurist and Local Business Owner Jared Nichols Nominated to NSBA Board
Jared Nichols, The Jared Nichols Group, Charlotte, NC, was recently named to the National Small Business Association (NSBA) Leadership Council. Nichols, a recognized leader in the small-business community, joins the NSBA Leadership Council alongside other small-business advocates from across the country as they work to promote the interests of small business to policymakers in Washington, D.C. - October 02, 2014 - The Jared Nichols Group