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Sherman & amp; Associatesadds 3 new clients
WARREN -- Sherman & amp; Associates, a marketing communications agency, added three new clients.
Sherman will provide brand development, marketing, advertising and direct mail programs for Macsteel Service Centers, which is based in Newport Beach, Calif. Sherman also will implement a complete marketing program for Greer Steel of Dover, Ohio, including brand development, market segmentation, customer retention and prospecting, advertising and direct mail programs.
Lincoln Electric, which is based in Cleveland, will use Sherman to develop employee communications, focusing particularly on employee wellness programs.
EVantage programto help small businesses
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Ohio Small Business Development Center at Youngstown State University will hold a 12-week program called eVantage. The program will be Wednesdays from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. from June 2 to Aug. 18 at the YSU Metro College in Boardman.
The program is designed to help small businesses improve their efficiency and sales electronically. For information, call (330) 746-3350.
Rightfoot promotesonline marketing
POLAND -- Rightfoot Marketing is a new search engine marketing firm that is designed to help companies grow through online marketing. Rightfoot specializes in custom programs that include natural optimization, paid inclusion, pay-per-click and e-mail marketing services. It offers free search engine marketing information, tips, tools and guides on its Web site at www.rightfootmarketing.com.
DeBartolo development
CHARDON -- DeBartolo Development, a Florida-based development company owned by Eddie DeBartolo Jr., has started to clear property in this Geauga County city for the construction of Meadowlands Town Center. The 450,000-square-foot shopping center is to include a Wal-Mart Super Center and Home Depot.
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'On the go' foodsare eaten at home
NEW YORK -- "On-the-go" foods such as candy, chips and crackers have never been more popular, but you might be surprised about where we're eating them. Once the province of our cars and desks, such food has now come home with us, according to a recent survey of 500 adults.
Seventy-two percent said they eat such food mostly at home, while 44 percent ate mostly in the car, and 39 percent at work.
The survey was conducted last month by Stamford, Conn.-based InsightExpress, a market researcher.
Worst cleaning task?Bathroom, most say
NEW YORK -- You work all day (or night) and go home facing another task: cleaning the house. It's a loathsome chore after a tough day, week, or both, right?
But what is the most onerous task in this protocol? Such are the questions that consume consumer products companies, leading them to hire research firms to ask Americans just such questions.
Not surprisingly, the bathroom was the winner when it came to cleaning chores we don't like, with more than a third citing that room. Sixty percent said the shower/bathtub was the hardest spot to clean, followed by the toilet bowl.
The survey, conducted for 3M Corp., involved 1,009 adults aged 18-65.
Union workers to getshare of steel profits
PITTSBURGH -- Union workers for U.S. Steel Corp. will receive a share of the steel giant's profits for the first time in more than five years, the company said. New terms for profit sharing were part of a labor agreement ratified in May 2003 that cleared the way for U.S. Steel's acquisition of National Steel.
The plan pays workers 7.5 percent of all profits between $10 and $50 per ton and 10 percent of all profits of more than $50 per ton, according to the contract. Profits include foreign operations and are based on tonnage shipped. Members of the United Steelworkers of America will receive a check averaging $280, a share of first-quarter profits reported by U.S. Steel on April 27, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
From Vindicator staff and wire reports