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NEW YORK -- Global entertainment content company Viacom, Inc. here said this week that it has elected ex-Hannaford veteran Blythe J. McGarvie as an independent member of the Viacom board of directors, effective April 12.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- SPINS, Inc., a marketing information research firm for the natural and organic products industry, yesterday appointed Steven Hankin, a former Stop & Shop executive, to e.v.p. with the charge of transforming the company to a broad based, solution-focused organization.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- SPINS, Inc., a marketing information research firm for the natural and organic products industry, yesterday appointed Steven Hankin, a former Stop & Shop executive, to e.v.p. with the charge of transforming the company to a broad based, solution-focused organization.

LAS VEGAS -- Named in 2006 as one of the fastest 50 growing trade shows in North America, the World Tea Expo has sold out its exhibit space, four months in advance of the 2007 event.

CHICAGO - Galleria Retail Technology Solutions, a provider of automated cluster, assortment and space optimization solutions, and Gladson Interactive, a provider of product level image and content databases, yesterday said they've formed a strategic alliance to provide retailers and manufacturers with an enhanced level of category management and merchandising services.

CHICAGO - Galleria Retail Technology Solutions, a provider of automated cluster, assortment and space optimization solutions, and Gladson Interactive, a provider of product level image and content databases, yesterday said they've formed a strategic alliance to provide retailers and manufacturers with an enhanced level of category management and merchandising services.

WILTON, Conn. - Category Management is not just for grocery anymore--indeed, other channel competitors appear more excited about category management these days than grocers, said Cannondale Associates in its 2007 Category Management Benchmarking Study.

WILTON, Conn. - Category Management is not just for grocery anymore--indeed, other channel competitors appear more excited about category management these days than grocers, said Cannondale Associates in its 2007 Category Management Benchmarking Study.