CAREER PATHS, LIMELIGHTS

marketing

The Viega ProPress received a B2 Award of Excellence from the Business Marketing Association in the multichannel lead generation category.

The B2 Awards are an international business-to-business marketing and communications contest that recognizes excellence among top agencies and corporate marketers. Sonnhalter, a Berea-based communication firm marketing to the professional tradesman in the construction, industrial and market resource organization markets. The company enters work, such as the Viega ProPress for stainless product launch, in marketing communication contests.

radio

Double D Media Inc. has opened a new DSN Studio at 640 W. State St. in Alliance. The group features The DSN (DeLuca Show Network) hosting two advertiser-supported 24/7 Internet Radio Stations: DSN-Hits and DSN-Rock.

Double D Media is an Internet-based multimedia company developed by former top-rated Canton terrestrial radio morning show hosts Pat DeLuca and Charlotte DiFranco.

Since February, 2012, DeLuca and DiFranco have developed and created the Internet Radio Stations, www.DSNHits.com featuring The DeLuca Show weekdays from 7 to 11 a.m.

RETAIL

Independence-based Revol Wireless is adding six stores in Youngstown as part of a 47-store expansion in Ohio and Indiana. The company’s growth is fueled by two converging trends — a struggling economy that has families and businesses tightening their wallets and the prolific adoptions of smartphones.

Recently, Revol added a 3G network and enhanced its no-contract, smartphone lineup, giving consumers more affordable access to talk, text, stream, surf the Web and access social media than with traditional smartphone plans.

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