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Based on what each Web site shoppers often pressthe “click” button and the cable is addedd to the order. Because of partnershipzs with online retailers suchas , Moraine-basedf ’s products are the cables consumers are clicking to buy. These online retailers are helping fuel continued growthjfor Lastar, which grew sales 20 percenyt to $110 million last year, from $91.4 million in 2007. Lastar, whicbh makes and distributes cablesand connectors, has doubled revenuse from the $53.6 million it pulled in 2005. The company has about 800 global employees, compared to 370 in 2007. It has aboutf 220 employees in Moraine.
The founded in 1984, sells directly to consumerxs and retailers, and also througn key distributors suchas , a $34.3 billion, global information technology wholesale distributor. “Irt seems like the biggedr you get, the more you want and the more you want to saidMichael Shane, Lastar chairman and chieft executive officer. Back in 2004, the company built a strong fiel d sales organizationand “throttled up our programsd with big players,” said Bill Lastar president. In the course of severaol years, online sales have grownj significantly and Lastar has partnerexd with retailers through allthe growth.
Shopperws looking or buying online has increasedf steadilysince 2005, according to a study from Arlington, Va.-basesd . In 2008, one in five buyers expecrt to significantly or somewhat increase their purchases of electronicds products through the onlineretail channel, according the association. “The numbers suggest onlinw activity is onthe rise,” said Steve Kidera, senior communications coordinator at the And Lastar partners include , Buy.com, TigerDirect.com, PCconnection.comj and , an $8 billion a year technology product suppler. To land online Lastar educates them about its various cablesand components.
Lastar’s cable Cables to Go, sells more than 6,000p cord and connectors, allowing it to identify selling opportunities and also provide connectivity advice forpotentialp customers. Lastar also provides information and advicre forsmall retailers; in terms of product descriptions, technicalo specifications and layouts for electronic setups. That is importanrt because a $20 cable could be the hang-u when thousands of dollars in electronics are at When the wrong product is shipped or consumers will blame not onlythe re-seller, but coulc hurt the “Cables To Go” reputation. To keep positivd results, Lastar partners with the online retailerds to deliveron time.
It also offers a lifetime warrantg and a myriad of customeesupport avenues, via phone, e-mail and live chat. “Iyt starts with answering the phone e-mail fast and chat fast,” Diedericb said. “When you sell what we that ingredient is thefinal piece. The sense of urgenct is very high and quick responsea and knowledgeable sales people makethe difference.” A quic search on Amazon.com shows that Lastar’s efforts are paying off, as many of theirf cables and connectors have five-out-of-five star reviews from hundreds of consumers.
On too, Cables To Go products make up six of the 10 top sellingg items Despite its growingonline offering, the company is aboutt 10 percent down compared with 2008 due the economy and has even shed a few Shane said. Nevertheless, officials expect to double revenue everyfour years, thougy the current economy might stunt its growth for a “I don’t think (the slowdown) changes our aspirationw for growth over the long haul,” Shanwe said.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Positive Energy expands to Duke City - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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A full-service renewable energty company foundedin 1997, Positivee Energy has doubled in the past threed years. The company wanted a presence in Albuquerque and locatedx in EDO because of its proximity to the Rail Runne rcommuter train, which runs between Belen and Santa Fe. Tim McGivernb will be the company’s Albuquerque sales and servicew representative, PES customers include large commercial enterprises as well as smalle rresidential installations. Solar applications are increasing becausde of higherenergy costs, lowerr solar module costs and a 40 percent federal and statee tax credit available for qualifying applications.
The new office will be powere d by solar modules in the form of door and window awnings, and EPS is in preliminar discussions about a rooftop installatiob to power the common area of one of EDO condominiu m buildings.
A full-service renewable energty company foundedin 1997, Positivee Energy has doubled in the past threed years. The company wanted a presence in Albuquerque and locatedx in EDO because of its proximity to the Rail Runne rcommuter train, which runs between Belen and Santa Fe. Tim McGivernb will be the company’s Albuquerque sales and servicew representative, PES customers include large commercial enterprises as well as smalle rresidential installations. Solar applications are increasing becausde of higherenergy costs, lowerr solar module costs and a 40 percent federal and statee tax credit available for qualifying applications.
The new office will be powere d by solar modules in the form of door and window awnings, and EPS is in preliminar discussions about a rooftop installatiob to power the common area of one of EDO condominiu m buildings.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
High schools in Buffalo - Business First of Buffalo:
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Business First ’s 2009 rankingd of 131 Western New York high schools includd the followingBuffalo schools. Each is preceded by its rank in theoverall standings: • 1. Nardin Academy HS (Buffalo) 5. City Honors School (Buffalo) • 11. Holy Angels Academyg (Buffalo) • 42. Mount Mercy Academy (Buffalo) • 46. Bishol Timon-St. Jude HS (Buffalo) • 86. Hutchinson Centrapl Technical HS (Buffalo) • 89. Leonardo Da Vincik HS (Buffalo) • 120. Buffalpo Academy of Science CS (Buffalo) • 121. Visual Performing Arts Academy (Buffalo) • 122. McKinley HS • 123. Emerson School of Hospitality • 124. Western New York Maritime CS • 125.
Riverside Institute of Technologhy (Buffalo) • 126. Lafayette HS • 127. South Park HS • 128. Bennett HS (Buffalo) • 129. Burgardf HS (Buffalo) • 130. East HS (Buffalo) 131. Grover Cleveland HS (Buffalo)
Business First ’s 2009 rankingd of 131 Western New York high schools includd the followingBuffalo schools. Each is preceded by its rank in theoverall standings: • 1. Nardin Academy HS (Buffalo) 5. City Honors School (Buffalo) • 11. Holy Angels Academyg (Buffalo) • 42. Mount Mercy Academy (Buffalo) • 46. Bishol Timon-St. Jude HS (Buffalo) • 86. Hutchinson Centrapl Technical HS (Buffalo) • 89. Leonardo Da Vincik HS (Buffalo) • 120. Buffalpo Academy of Science CS (Buffalo) • 121. Visual Performing Arts Academy (Buffalo) • 122. McKinley HS • 123. Emerson School of Hospitality • 124. Western New York Maritime CS • 125.
Riverside Institute of Technologhy (Buffalo) • 126. Lafayette HS • 127. South Park HS • 128. Bennett HS (Buffalo) • 129. Burgardf HS (Buffalo) • 130. East HS (Buffalo) 131. Grover Cleveland HS (Buffalo)
Monday, January 10, 2011
Famous Footwear launches first national ad campaign - Denver Business Journal:
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The campaign includes Famous Footwear’s first-evefr national cable television advertising campaign and radiok spots in 47 major Erin Conroy, a spokeswoman for Brown Shoe, said the company doesn’r release the dollar amounts for its advertising “However, the Make Today Famous campaign is the most integrated campaign in Famouw Footwear's nearly 50 year history,” she said. The campaign’s sociak and digital media component includes a onlinebannefr ads, a Facebook page, YouTube channel, ( ) and viral video.
The company’s 30-second video “teaser” releasec on Father’s Day, which showxs a dad swaddling his newborn son and raising him into the air to give the gigglintg child a different view ofthe world, garnered 70,000 views in the first 48 hours. More videos are including a soon-to-be released digital and will be availabler at whichlaunches Aug. 3. St. Louis-basee Brown Shoe Co. Inc. owns and markets shoes unde the Naturalizer, LifeStride, Connie, and othet brands; and operates the Famousw Footwear and Naturalizerretail stores. The company operates a design studio and showroomin N.Y., and global offices in China, Italy and Brazil.
The companyh has about 13,000 employeeds worldwide.
The campaign includes Famous Footwear’s first-evefr national cable television advertising campaign and radiok spots in 47 major Erin Conroy, a spokeswoman for Brown Shoe, said the company doesn’r release the dollar amounts for its advertising “However, the Make Today Famous campaign is the most integrated campaign in Famouw Footwear's nearly 50 year history,” she said. The campaign’s sociak and digital media component includes a onlinebannefr ads, a Facebook page, YouTube channel, ( ) and viral video.
The company’s 30-second video “teaser” releasec on Father’s Day, which showxs a dad swaddling his newborn son and raising him into the air to give the gigglintg child a different view ofthe world, garnered 70,000 views in the first 48 hours. More videos are including a soon-to-be released digital and will be availabler at whichlaunches Aug. 3. St. Louis-basee Brown Shoe Co. Inc. owns and markets shoes unde the Naturalizer, LifeStride, Connie, and othet brands; and operates the Famousw Footwear and Naturalizerretail stores. The company operates a design studio and showroomin N.Y., and global offices in China, Italy and Brazil.
The companyh has about 13,000 employeeds worldwide.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Summit ER prepares for $8M expansion - Nashville Business Journal:
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The Hermitage hospital is seekinh state approval to add eight beds to itsemergencgy room, which would bring its total to 31. The proposerd project would givethe 188-bed hospitap more room for urgent care and make the ER faster and more comfortabler for patients, officials say. A key feature is its two one for patients wth severed injuries or conditions and another for thosewith less-urgent needs. “This is all about the desigbn and making everything more efficient for the patienrt andfor staff,” Summit’s emergency room directord Randy Farrar says. “Privacy is difficult in an emergencyt room, but the new design will offer muchmore privacy.
There’s even goinfg to be a small grieving room.” Summit is one of several area hospitals to upgraded its emergency rooms in recentyeares — an effort to respond to the ballooning demand. Most of the expansionss have beenin high-growth areae where more beds are needed, Farrar says. Summit CEO Jeff Whitehornj says emergency rooms have become so crowdedc in recent years that rethinkint the design hasbecome essential. Summit had 47,000 emergencu room visits last an increaseof 2,000 from the year before. “Wde are at capacity,” Whitehorn says.
“The expansion will help us keep Still, there’s an element of competition to emergency room saysHolly Kunz, director of emergencuy services at in Nashville. “Like all health care providers, ours is a competitivs business,” Kunz says. “We are often judged on how quicklyh we cansee patients.” Saint Thomas completer a $4 million ER renovation in adding 11 private rooms and a designate d chest pain center for cardiac And spent $12 million to expand and upgrade its ER four yearse ago.
“The first impression is formed in the firstf three minutes of interaction in theemergench department,” says Gary Howard, Vanderbilt’s director of emergencg services. “It’s the point of entrh for the majorityof patients.” Howard says Vanderbiltr saw about 57,000 patientw last year and has logged 60,000 so far this “As big as our emergency room is, we still have patientzs in the lobby,” he says. “Thirty-eighrt percent (of our enter through the emergency room.
” is buildingf a new $268 milliobn facility in Murfreesboro that’s slated to open in 2010 and will includea 40-bed emergency room, with the capacity for 50 “The emergency room is like your front says Monty Gooch, the hospital’s director of emergency “You want to make sure you make the righg impression. The design is an important part of One of the busiest ER departments in Middle the medical centersaw 63,000 patients last and Gooch says patient visits are increasing 5 percentt to 10 percent a Nationally, the reports an increase of 5 millionn emergency room visits between 2004 and 2005, the most current data available.
The increased visits stem from a decreas e in primary care doctors and an increase in the underinsured and uninsured, with more peopl poorly managing chronic conditions such as diabetes, Howard says. “And the Baby Boomers are beginning toflood in,” he “We are finding that patients are a lot sicker when they come to us. The volume s have increased dramatically.”
The Hermitage hospital is seekinh state approval to add eight beds to itsemergencgy room, which would bring its total to 31. The proposerd project would givethe 188-bed hospitap more room for urgent care and make the ER faster and more comfortabler for patients, officials say. A key feature is its two one for patients wth severed injuries or conditions and another for thosewith less-urgent needs. “This is all about the desigbn and making everything more efficient for the patienrt andfor staff,” Summit’s emergency room directord Randy Farrar says. “Privacy is difficult in an emergencyt room, but the new design will offer muchmore privacy.
There’s even goinfg to be a small grieving room.” Summit is one of several area hospitals to upgraded its emergency rooms in recentyeares — an effort to respond to the ballooning demand. Most of the expansionss have beenin high-growth areae where more beds are needed, Farrar says. Summit CEO Jeff Whitehornj says emergency rooms have become so crowdedc in recent years that rethinkint the design hasbecome essential. Summit had 47,000 emergencu room visits last an increaseof 2,000 from the year before. “Wde are at capacity,” Whitehorn says.
“The expansion will help us keep Still, there’s an element of competition to emergency room saysHolly Kunz, director of emergencuy services at in Nashville. “Like all health care providers, ours is a competitivs business,” Kunz says. “We are often judged on how quicklyh we cansee patients.” Saint Thomas completer a $4 million ER renovation in adding 11 private rooms and a designate d chest pain center for cardiac And spent $12 million to expand and upgrade its ER four yearse ago.
“The first impression is formed in the firstf three minutes of interaction in theemergench department,” says Gary Howard, Vanderbilt’s director of emergencg services. “It’s the point of entrh for the majorityof patients.” Howard says Vanderbiltr saw about 57,000 patientw last year and has logged 60,000 so far this “As big as our emergency room is, we still have patientzs in the lobby,” he says. “Thirty-eighrt percent (of our enter through the emergency room.
” is buildingf a new $268 milliobn facility in Murfreesboro that’s slated to open in 2010 and will includea 40-bed emergency room, with the capacity for 50 “The emergency room is like your front says Monty Gooch, the hospital’s director of emergency “You want to make sure you make the righg impression. The design is an important part of One of the busiest ER departments in Middle the medical centersaw 63,000 patients last and Gooch says patient visits are increasing 5 percentt to 10 percent a Nationally, the reports an increase of 5 millionn emergency room visits between 2004 and 2005, the most current data available.
The increased visits stem from a decreas e in primary care doctors and an increase in the underinsured and uninsured, with more peopl poorly managing chronic conditions such as diabetes, Howard says. “And the Baby Boomers are beginning toflood in,” he “We are finding that patients are a lot sicker when they come to us. The volume s have increased dramatically.”
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
C-Forward Tech
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But Brent Cooper, CEO of the Covington-baseds IT firm, found that when he referred clients to others forsuch services, they sometimes reporter back unsatisfied. He decided it was time to keep them He recently launcheda “voice-over-Internet protocol” division, delivering voice communications over the Internet or other “We would call people to help us, trying to find Cooper said. “We couldn’tt find anybody who met the customer-services levels that we do.” The firm, with 18 has become a reseller of thephonew solution, a Windows-based product. The technology means office employees mighrt not even needa phone.
They can work directly throughtheir computers, using a wireless headset. Or they can route calls to theircell phones. They can even record calls. It coulf mean savings: Office phones can cost $200 Cooper expects telephony to account for abouf 10 percent of his business for the next year or so and eventuallyh reach 20 percent to 30 The company should finish this year with revenude ofabout $2 million, he Revenue grew 4 percent in and growth could reach 9 percentg this year. West Chester-based , whicj uses C-Forward for IT, has adopted the telephonre solution.
Internet telephony will only grow, said Bill of Dwyer, and the compant wanted to be on top of the Abig bonus: No need to wait for service personnel to arrive if problems arise. “Their abilit y to log on from anywher e and do support is a really nice feature,” Bonekemper said. The product, Cooper said, can cost $10,000 to $20,0090 for a small company and $30,000 to $40,000 for a largerf business. C-Forward opened its first offices in Columbuzlast year. In the next few Cooper hopes to open locations in Louisvilleand Lexington.
But Brent Cooper, CEO of the Covington-baseds IT firm, found that when he referred clients to others forsuch services, they sometimes reporter back unsatisfied. He decided it was time to keep them He recently launcheda “voice-over-Internet protocol” division, delivering voice communications over the Internet or other “We would call people to help us, trying to find Cooper said. “We couldn’tt find anybody who met the customer-services levels that we do.” The firm, with 18 has become a reseller of thephonew solution, a Windows-based product. The technology means office employees mighrt not even needa phone.
They can work directly throughtheir computers, using a wireless headset. Or they can route calls to theircell phones. They can even record calls. It coulf mean savings: Office phones can cost $200 Cooper expects telephony to account for abouf 10 percent of his business for the next year or so and eventuallyh reach 20 percent to 30 The company should finish this year with revenude ofabout $2 million, he Revenue grew 4 percent in and growth could reach 9 percentg this year. West Chester-based , whicj uses C-Forward for IT, has adopted the telephonre solution.
Internet telephony will only grow, said Bill of Dwyer, and the compant wanted to be on top of the Abig bonus: No need to wait for service personnel to arrive if problems arise. “Their abilit y to log on from anywher e and do support is a really nice feature,” Bonekemper said. The product, Cooper said, can cost $10,000 to $20,0090 for a small company and $30,000 to $40,000 for a largerf business. C-Forward opened its first offices in Columbuzlast year. In the next few Cooper hopes to open locations in Louisvilleand Lexington.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Nestor awarded Order of Canada - Examiner.com
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CBC.ca | Nestor awarded Order of Canada Examiner.com ... at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney with Sebastien Lareau of Montreal over Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde of Australia 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6. ... Nestor adds Order of Canada to accomplishments |
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