MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (October 7, 2009) – Morton’s The Steakhouse recently celebrated the grand opening of its new location in Miami Beach by hosting nearly 400 invited guests to a special evening benefiting the University of Miami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. The restaurant held a silent auction that raised more than $3,800 for the organization,...Read More
ORLANDO, Fla. (Oct. 1, 2009) – Elementary, middle and high school students across the country collected $5.3 million in spare change to support Olive Garden’s 15th-annual Pasta for Pennies program benefiting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Since its inception, Olive Garden’s Pasta for Pennies has contributed more than $47 million to LLS helping to...Read More
Fayetteville and Raleigh, N.C. – September 21, 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Consert today announced the completion of smart grid pilot project installations with nearly 100 commercial and residential participants partnering with the Fayetteville Public Works Commission (FPWC) in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The pilot has helped local businesses and residents actively participate in the monitoring...Read More
MIAMI BEACH – (August 31, 2009) – Stonemason Partners, L.P., a full-service commercial real estate company based in Miami specializing in acquisitions, ownership, leasing and management, announces the completion of its initial round of fundraising for Fund I. The company has an aggressive plan to acquire more than $100 million worth of multi-tenant retail assets...Read More
When Rafael Jorge decided to add retail to his wholesale automotive aftermarket business, he didn’t do it half-heartedly. First there’s a modernistic $5 million, 15,000-square-foot showroom along West Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. Next, he’s spending $250,000 to launch an e-commerce site that will offer 1,500 products. That’s not bad for a 53-year-old guy who...Read More
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ — As the school year begins and teachers struggle to find adequate resources for purchasing school supplies to get them through the year, Catalogs.com, the Internet’s foremost authority on shopping and saving from a world of print catalogs and catalog websites and Nasco (eNasco.com), a leading provider of school...Read More
MIAMI BEACH – There’s no where in the world that rivals South Beach as a young, hip place for late-night partying. Its prices also are second-to-none, with cocktails at trendy clubs typically $15 or more and hotel room rates out of reach for 20-something visitors from drive-in markets looking for a fun-filled night out. What’s...Read More
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009 is Miracle Treat Day. Buy a Blizzard® Treat at a participating DQ® location Aug. 13 and $1 or more per Blizzard will benefit the Children’s Miracle Network hospital in your area. The funds raised stay local, so you’ll be helping to save and improve the lives of children in your community!...Read More
MINNEAPOLIS – On Thursday, August 13, Dairy Queen® will host the 4th Annual North American “Miracle Treat Day,” when $1 or more from every Blizzard® sold on that day will be donated to Children’s Miracle Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds for children’s hospitals. Last...Read More
Ken Blanchard wrote in his best-selling book Raving Fans, “If you really want to ‘own’ the customer, if you want a booming business, you have to go beyond satisfied customers and create raving fans.” In our current economic state, raving fans might just determine whether a business succeeds or fails. Creating a raving fan might...Read More
