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Top 2010
Marketing
Strategies
DETROIT
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- Small
business
owners
can now
compete
with big
business
by
infusing
technology
into
their
marketing
campaigns.
The
Internet
has
brought
large
and
small
companies
to a
leveled
playing
field,
especially
when it
comes to
using
marketing
strategies
that
reach
customers
anywhere
and
anytime.
Marketing
is
everything
you do
to place
your
product
or
service
in the
hands of
potential
customers.
In 2010
entrepreneurs
will be
expanding
their
use of
the
internet
as part
of their
marketing
plans.
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U.S.
Supreme
Court
rules
corporations
and
unions can
spend
freely
to shape
future elections
WASHINGTON
DC -
Bitterly
divided,
the
Supreme
Court
ruled
Thursday
that big
business
can
spend
its
millions
to
directly
support
or
oppose
candidates
for
president
and
Congress,
a
decision
that
sharply
reverses
a
century-long
trend to
limit
the
political
influence
of
corporations
and
labor
unions.
It
remakes
the
political
landscape
just as
crucial
midterm
election
campaigns
are
getting
under
way.
The
court,
in a 5-4
split,
overturned
two
earlier
decisions
and
threw
out
parts of
a
63-year-old
law that
said
companies
and
unions
can be
prohibited
from
using
money
from
their
general
treasuries
to
produce
and run
their
own
campaign
ads. The
decision
threatens
similar
limits
imposed
by 24
states.
It
leaves
in place
a
prohibition
on
direct
contributions
to
candidates
from
corporations
and
unions.
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ATLAS
WHOLESALE
FOOD
COMPANY
RECEIVES
NATIONAL
AWARDS
Detroit-based
Atlas
Wholesale
Food
Company
has
received
two
awards
from
Golbon,
a
national
purchasing
and
marketing
group
for
independent
foodservice
distributors.
The
awards
were
presented
last
month at
the
Golbon’s
Fall
Partners
Conference
in
Jacksonville,
Florida.
Atlas
Wholesale
Food
Company
received
both the
2009
Golbon
Logistics
Services
Award
and the
2009
Distributor
of the
Year
Award.
Chief
Operating
Officer
Mike
Kotsis
accepted
the
awards
for his
third
generation
family
business.
“We are
honored
to win
these
awards
over the
160
Golbon
members
from
across
the
country,”
said
Kotsis.
“It’s
great to
be
recognized
for all
the hard
work
we’ve
done
over the
past few
years,
even in
a very
tough
economy.”
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FORMER NEW BALANCE PRESIDENT JIM
TOMPKINS
TO LEAD
PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT
AT SPIRA
FOOTWEAR
EL
PASO,
TEXAS --
El
Paso-based
Spira
Footwear
announces
the
hiring
of Jim
Tompkins,
the
former
President
and
Chief
Operating
Officer
of New
Balance
Athletic
Shoe
Inc., in
an
advisory
role to
direct
the
development
and
expansion
of the
patented
WaveSpring-inspired
Spira
brand.
In 25
years at
New
Balance,
Tompkins'
unique
leadership
delivered
positive
results
in
numerous
executive
positions,
both in
the
United
States
and
Europe.
He
served
the past
nine
years as
President
and
Chief
Operating
Officer
until
stepping
down in
June
2009.
When
Tompkins
took the
helm in
December
of 1999,
New
Balance
employed
more
than
2,000
people
and
reported
worldwide
sales in
1998 of
$630
million.
Under
Tompkins'
leadership,
New
Balance
doubled
its
global
workforce
and
reported
worldwide
sales in
2008 of
$1.63
billion.
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THE
WESTIN
BOOK
CADILLAC
DETROIT
CELEBRATES
FIRST
ANNIVERSARY
DETROIT,
MI –
Just
over one
year
ago, on
October
6, 2008,
The
453-room
Westin
Book
Cadillac
Detroit
opened
its
doors
following
a two
year,
$200
million
redevelopment
to bring
back one
of the
city’s
iconic
landmarks.
Over the
last
year the
hotel
has been
lauded
with
awards
for
historic
preservation
and
development
along
with
praise
from the
metro
Detroit
community
and
worldwide
hotel
guests.
The
hotel
was
developed
and is
owned by
The
Ferchill
Group,
Cleveland,
Ohio.
November
will
mark 85
years
since
the
original
hotel
opened
on
Washington
Boulevard.
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PRODUCTIONS PLUS PURCHASES THE TALENT
SHOP
Strategic Acquisition
Strengthens
National
Presence
BINGHAM
FARMS,
Mich. -
Productions
Plus
Talent
Management
Agency,
an
international
company
with
offices
in
Detroit,
Chicago
and Los
Angeles,
has
acquired
Bingham
Farms,
Michigan-based
The
Talent
Shop.
The
company
will now
operate
as
Productions
Plus –
The
Talent
Shop.
Margery
Krevsky,
owner
and CEO
of
Productions
Plus,
made the
announcement
today.
Krevsky
will
continue
in her
management
role as
full
owner of
the
combined
company.
With
this
acquisition,
Production
Plus –
with
current
revenues
of $20
million
– will
become
the
largest,
premier
full-service
talent
management
agency
in
Michigan
and one
of the
largest
in the
nation.
The
expanded
entity
projects
a 30
percent
growth
with the
addition
of The
Talent
Shop’s
holdings
and
seasoned
performers.
“Positioning
Productions
Plus for
future
growth
and
maximizing
our
national
potential
is what
this
acquisition
is all
about,”
explained
Krevsky,
who
co-founded
Productions
Plus in
1981.
“Having
the
strength
of three
regional
offices
means
our
talent
now has
an
agency
with a
broader
scope of
contacts
and
wider
professional
opportunities.
“
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Merger
milestone:
Northwest
WorldPerks
give way
to Delta
SkyMiles
ATLANTA
- Delta
Air
Lines
Inc. has
completed
the
integration
of its
frequent
flier
program
with
that of
its
subsidiary,
Northwest
Airlines,
Chief
Executive
Richard
Anderson
said.
The
combined
program
has more
than 70
million
members.
Separately,
another
airline
executive
said
that
about
half of
the old
Northwest
Airlines
planes
that
will get
Delta's
colors
have
been
repainted,
and the
rest
will be
finished
by
mid-2010.
Atlanta-based
Delta,
which
became
the
world's
biggest
airline
operator
with its
acquisition
in
October
2008 of
Eagan,
Minn.-based
Northwest,
remains
on
course
to
obtain a
single
operating
certificate
by the
end of
this
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Slowly,
most
Americans
are
regaining
their
lost
wealth

WASHINGTON
(AP) -
Americans
are
recovering
their
shrunken
wealth —
gradually.
Household
net
worth
rose
last
quarter,
mainly
because
the
healing
economy
boosted
stock
portfolios.
But the
gain was
slight.
And it
was less
than in
the
previous
two
quarters.
The
Federal
Reserve
said
Thursday
that net
worth
rose 1.3
percent
in the
fourth
quarter
to $54.2
trillion.
It
marked
the
third
straight
quarter
of
gains.
But
economists
say
consumers
would
need a
stronger
and more
prolonged
increase
in their
wealth
to
persuade
them to
ratchet
up
spending.
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ADVERTISING
MOGUL
OFFERS
SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM
FOR
STUDENT
ENTREPRENEURS

Donald
A.
Coleman,
Chairman
of
GlobalHue,
Continues
Scholarship
for
Aspiring
Entrepreneurs
Southfield,
Mich. —
Donald
A.
Coleman,
Chairman
of
GlobalHue,
the
nation’s
largest
minority-owned,
full-service
marketing
communications
agency,
today
announces
the
Coleman
Entrepreneurial
Scholarship
program.
In its
second
year,
the
program
provides
scholarships
to
deserving
African-American
and
Hispanic
college
students
majoring
or
concentrating
in
entrepreneurship.
Coleman
Entrepreneurial
Scholarship
was
established
as a
testament
to the
importance
of
education,
especially
amongst
ethnic
youth in
the
United
States.
Furthermore,
the
program
strives
to
promote
entrepreneurship
as a
career
choice
amongst
ethnic
college
students.
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Tech
Town
expands
footprint
in
Detroit's
New
Center
area

DETROIT
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Detroit’s
legendary
Dalgleish
Cadillac
dealership,
closed
in
September
2009,
will be
the
future
home of
Tech
Town II,
an
expansion
of the
research
and
technology
park,
which
plans to
launch
400 new
business
startups
over
next
three
years.
At Tech
Town’s
monthly
First
Friday
event,
some 250
attendees
were
given a
sneak
peek
inside
the
dealer
showroom
at Cass
and
Amsterdam
where
Cadillacs
were
sold for
over 50
years.
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Black,
Hispanic
joblessness
expected
to
spiral
in 2010

The
recession
has
compounded
a
decades-long
problem
for
black
and
Hispanic
workers,
who
began
the
downturn
facing a
far
higher
jobless
rate
than the
general
population
and have
fared
worse
since.
WASHINGTON
–
Unemployment
for
blacks
is
projected
to reach
a
25-year
high
this
year,
according
to a
study by
an
economic
think
tank,
with the
national
rate
soaring
to 17.2
percent
and the
rates in
five
states
exceeding
20
percent.
Blacks
as well
as
Hispanics
were far
behind
whites
in
employment
levels
even
when the
economy
was
booming.
But
throughout
the
recession,
the
unemployment
rate has
grown
much
more
quickly
for
blacks
and
Hispanics
than for
whites,
according
to the
study
the
Economic
Policy
Institute
released
this
month.
Moreover,
the
unemployment
gap
between
men and
women
has
reached
a record
high –
with men
far
outpacing
women in
joblessness.
Blacks,
Hispanics
and men
have
suffered
the most
mainly
because
they
have
been
disproportionately
employed
in
sectors
hardest
hit in
the
recession
–
manufacturing
and
construction.
For
instance,
the
unemployment
rate for
blacks
is
expected
to reach
27
percent
in
Michigan,
which
has been
shedding
auto
industry
jobs.
Other
states
with
jobless
rates
higher
than 20
percent
for
blacks
are
Alabama,
Illinois,
Ohio and
South
Carolina.
The rate
for
Hispanics
is
projected
to reach
22.2
percent
in
Nevada,
which
has
experienced
a
dramatic
slowdown
in
construction.
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Sun sets
on
Saturn:
GM kills
fading
star
brand

(AP) -
For
those
who
expected
General
Motors'
once-funky
Saturn
brand to
live on
with a
new
owner,
there
has been
a sad
twist.
Saturn,
once
billed
as a
different
kind of
car
company,
appears
as dead
as
Pontiac
and
Oldsmobile.
At the
brand's
350
remaining
dealers
around
the
country,
there
were
high
hopes
that a
deal
would be
announced
for GM
to sell
the
brand to
former
race car
driver
and auto
industry
magnate
Roger
Penske.
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Minority
Car
Dealers
On the
Verge of
Extinction

Can
minority
auto
dealers
nationwide
survive
as U.S.
carmakers
struggle
to
remain
solvent
through
bankruptcy
and
economic
recession?
With the
announced
bankruptcy
of
Chrysler,
80% of
their
minority
dealer
network
is at
risk of
going
under
says
Desmond
Roberts,
Chairman,
National
Assoc of
Minority
Automobile
Dealers
(NAMAD).
And with
the
elimination
of
Pontiac,
Saturn
and
Hummer,
approximately
58% of
General
Motors
dealers
overall
are
facing
closure.
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