Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW) announced the promotion of Kevin S. Measel to senior vice president, store operations for the company’s West division. Measel replaces Jim Frasso, who retired from Lowe’s following a 17-year career with the company. Measel has more than 28 years of retail experience in both store operations and merchandising, having served most recently as merchandising vice president, nursery. Additionally, he has served as regional vice president, district manager and store manager. He joined Lowe’s in 1994 and has held a number of positions of increasing responsibility.
Lowe’s Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operate as a home improvement retailer. The company offers a range of products for maintenance, repair, remodeling, home decorating, and property maintenance.
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InterContinental Hotels Group, (NYSE:IHG) announced the opening of the new Holiday Inn Buenos Aires-Ezeiza Airport in Argentina. It is IHG’s tenth property in the country, across four brands - InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts and Holiday Inn Express®. The new-build, seven-story hotel, owned and managed by Granados Hermanos SRL, under a license agreement with a company in the InterContinental Hotels Group, features 114 guestrooms and complements IHG’s existing properties in Buenos Aires, including the InterContinental Buenos Aires, InterContinental Nordelta-Tigre Buenos Aires Hotel Residences & Spa and the Holiday Inn Express Puerto Madero.
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC owns, manages, franchises, and leases hotels and resorts. It owns a portfolio of various brands, including InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites, Candlewood Suites, and Hotel Indigo.
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Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE)
CrowCrown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE.OB) announced that it has launched two new online service companies.
With expertise in online solutions and marketing, Crown Equity Holdings Inc. has launched CRWE Real Estate (www.crwerealestate.com) to provide a global portal for property listings at a fee of only $1 a day. The other is CRWE Direct (www.crwedirect.com), an online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace for manufacturers and small to large businesses to purchase various types of merchandise. Manufacturers may start downloading their product immediately, free of charge during the next six months. Thereafter, there will be various annual fees. The listing process and image loading for both sites are user-friendly.
Commenting on the launch, “The 2010 U.S. Census data shows estimates for B2B revenues transacted online at approximately US $300 billion,” said Kenneth Bosket, Crown Equity Holdings Inc. President and CEO. “With B2B e-commerce on the rise, the launching of CRWE Direct, as well as CRWE Real Estate is a great opportunity.”
Crown Equity Holdings Inc. offers advertising branding and marketing services as a worldwide online multi-media publisher with its digital network of websites and focuses on the distribution of information for the purpose of bringing together a targeted audience and the advertisers that want to reach them. Its advertising services cover and connect a range of marketing specialties, as well as provide search engine optimization for clients interested in online media awareness. For more information visit www.crownequityholdings.com.
With the holiday season steadily approaching (yes, most people start their holiday shopping well before fall), most consumers are Online shopping is becoming increasingly popular. In addition to the huge time save, customers also take pleasure in the ability to go through the store’s entire inventory without the mess, distraction, and chaos that occurs in physical stores. Purchasing flight and entertainment tickets, books and music online has been popular for some time.
Clothing retailers are the latest adopters of ecommerce sales platforms for good reason, their consumers have been reluctant to buy online. Buying clothing is a very personal experience. People like to try on an outfit before they pay for it. Moreover, sizing varies by retailer, fabric, and manufacturer, making it almost impossible to always be the same size. In addition to the uncertainty of the fit, consumers are also reluctant to purchase things online because they worry about credit card safety, delivery and returns. This article will cover those topics as well as how online shopping can add value to consumers lives, and how the industry is changing.
For more information about Crown Equity Holdings Inc., please visit: www.crownequityholdings.com.
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Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE:PTP) that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per common share. The dividend is payable on March 30, 2012 to shareholders of record on March 1, 2012.
Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides property and marine, casualty, and finite risk reinsurance coverage products worldwide. It operates in three segments: Property and Marine, Casualty, and Finite Risk.
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