MARKET WIRE | March 07, 2007
- AeroGrow International, Inc. (OTCBB: AGWI) ("AeroGrow"), makers of the AeroGarden(TM) kitchen garden appliance, announced today that its new infomercial, featuring the new Strawberry Patch(TM) plant kit and the new Master Gardener Kit, has resulted in improved consumer response and order size.
- AeroGrow plans to roll out the enhanced infomercial nationally on cable and broadcast television.
- AeroGrow recently re-worked its infomercial to test the impact of featuring these two new products in the program.
Business Wire | March 07, 2007
- Bare Escentuals, Inc. (Nasdaq:BARE) today announced it has signed a non-binding letter of intent to purchase U.K.-based Cosmeceuticals Limited, which distributes Bare Escentuals' bareMinerals, MD Formulations and MD Forte brands to the European cosmetics market.
- Consistent with Bare Escentuals' goal of distributing directly in key international markets, the acquisition positions Bare Escentuals to control its existing distribution in the U.K. to QVC U.K. as well as to over 1,500 spa accounts.
- Longer term, the Company expects that the acquisition will allow Bare Escentuals to enter new sales channels in the U.K. including infomercials, web/catalog and premium wholesale, and provide an opportunity to more efficiently expand its presence in the broader European market.
Backchannelmedia | March 08, 2007
- Makeup maven 'Dresses for Success' while sharing her unique beauty
- WEST CHESTER, Pa., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Armed with her personal mission of helping women to look and feel beautiful by appreciating their own unique features, legendary makeup artist, author and entrepreneur Bobbi Brown is scheduled to debut on QVC Saturday, March 10 at 1 PM (ET) with a selection from her signature line -- Bobbi Brown Cosmetics.
- Brown is a member of the Dress for Success Worldwide Board of Directors and is the chairperson of this year's 10th Anniversary Dress for Success Gala.
Backchannelmedia | March 08, 2007
- CINCINNATI, March 8, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) today announced that Deb Henretta, 45, currently president- ASEAN, Australasia and India, has been appointed group president-Asia effective July 1, 2007.
- In her expanded role, Ms. Henretta will continue to be directly responsible for the business in ASEAN, Australasia and India, and will also have responsibility for the rest of P&G's Asian business, including Northeast Asia (Japan and South Korea) and Greater China.
- Ms. Henretta will continue to report to Robert A. McDonald, vice chairman- global operations, and continue to be located in Singapore.
Backchannelmedia | March 08, 2007
- Commemorating 150 years of Women's Progress in the World, and Celebrating
- NEW YORK, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Avon Products, Inc. announces its campaign to commemorate International Women's Day, a holiday with roots tracing back 150 years.
- Avon's International Women's Day initiatives are dedicated to achieving a "better tomorrow" for all women and celebrating Avon's commitment to empowering women.
Bangkok Post | March 07, 2007
- Mar. 7--The cabinet's decision yesterday to close the 12-year-old iTV television station has eliminated the confidence of advertisers and media buyers in the troubled broadcaster's future.
- The station was forced to stop broadcasting at midnight, even though the government had said earlier that it would not close the station.
- iTV failed to pay back debts reaching 100 billion baht to the PM's Office by yesterday's deadline.
Business Wire | March 07, 2007
- Dan Fawcett has been named President of Digital Media for Fox Entertainment Group (FEG), it was announced today by Peter Chernin, President and Chief Operating Officer of News Corporation.
- The appointment, effective immediately, marks a return to Fox for Mr. Fawcett who spent the past three years as Executive Vice President of Programming and Business & Legal Affairs for DIRECTV, the nation's leading satellite television service provider.
- In this new role, Mr. Fawcett will further the growth and evolution of digital media strategy, including exploiting Fox content across all digital platforms, pursuing long-term tactical initiatives with major technology players and developing additional revenue streams for Fox product.
The Dallas Morning News | March 08, 2007
- Two of the nation's largest telecom companies just announced technology that will let you program a digital video recorder from a cellphone.
- AT&T Inc. has already launched the remote access feature for its Homezone service.
- The service is free to those who subscribe to Homezone, a $9.99-a-month add-on that integrates AT&T's broadband Internet and satellite programming from Dish Network.
Scotsman, The | March 08, 2007
- THE newspaper industry is on the verge of revolutionising the way it counts its audiences as print companies reach ever expanding audiences through online publishing.
- The development, being pioneered by the Newspaper Society, has been unveiled as scotsman.com, the new media arm of Scotsman Publications, unveiled one of its strongest set of results ever.
- That traffic is also being boosted by the increasing ability of readers to interact with scotsman.com by uploading their views on news stories: 78,000 comments were posted in January alone.