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Study Group: Direct Mail Marketing Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 444

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics such as IT Services, consumer electronics, wireless devices, software, hardware, information technology, semiconductors, media, cable, satellite, internet, broadband, global positioning systems, advertising, online media, telecommunications, networking, wireless, and data storage, among others.

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Jason Kra, Owner, Total Sports ResourcesJason Kra

Owner
Total Sports Resources
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Jason Kra is the President and Owner of Foreign Resources Corporation (FRC), FRC Sportswear & Total Sports Resources, an apparel manufacturer and a supplier to virtually every major specialty apparel retailer, department stores, and discounters, where he has worked since January 2000. FRC is a producer...

Rick Shea, President, Shea Marketing Consulting Inc.Rick Shea

President
Shea Marketing Consulting Inc.
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Rick Shea is the President of Shea Marketing Consulting, a firm that specializes in providing marketing expertise to CPG/Food companies. He has 20+ years of marketing experience as VP of Marketing for Kraft, Unilever, George Weston Bakeries, Malt-O-Meal cereals, and Pepperidge Farm. Mr. Shea was the...

Allen Levenson, President, Gear Consulting Group LLC.Allen Levenson

President
Gear Consulting Group LLC.
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Allen Levenson is the former Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Asbury Automotive Group and currently President of Gear (Global Expertise in Automotive Retail) Consulting. Mr. Levenson is a highly sought after automotive consultant to the investor and media community based on his unique perspective...

Tracey Clanton

President
MARC
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Tracey Clanton is the President of MARC- Marketing Aimed 2 Reach Consumers. MARC is a consulting firm operating as a full service Agency providing Marketing, Advertising and Media for retail clients. Recently, Tracey held the position of Group Account Director at The TRUE Agency directing all ofthe...

Martin Brill, Managing Partner, Sweetwater Consulting LLCMartin Brill

Managing Partner
Sweetwater Consulting LLC
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Martin Brill is the Managing Partner and Director of Trend Research for Sweetwater Consulting, a position he has held since April 2000. Sweetwater is an apparel industry consulting firm focused on creating new brand concepts for multichannel specialty retailers. He has 30 years of wholesale, retail...

Edward Baim

CEO / Owner
BAIM ENTERPRISES, INC
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Ed Baim is the Chief Executive Officer and Owner of Baim Enterprises, a 11 unit McDonald's franchise headquartered in Cherry Hill, NJ. Mr. Baim has been with the McDonald's system for more than 35 years. His stores are located in New Jersey, Philadelphia, and the Western Philadelphia suburbs. He was...

Roland Icard

Chief Information Officer and President
Austin CiO Partners
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Roland Icard is the Chief Information Officer and President at Austin CIO Partners, a strategy consulting firm. He specializes in technology planning, project portfolio management, IT governance, application portfolio optimization, enterprise architecture, compliance management, business continuity...

Terry Tevis, President , TATevis & Company Terry Tevis

President
TATevis & Company
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Terry Tevis is the President of TATevis & Company, a Connecticut based consulting firm, which specializes in providing advisory to private equity firms, focusing on troubled companies in commercial printing. He also consults on business strategy for large printing companies including American Color...

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Capital Without Representation

June 30, 2009

Mark Mariotti, Chief Executive Officer, Future Management Holdings Inc

Green groups to sue over RBS investments | www.ft.com

Very tricky investing when it comes to buying stock which can be revalued by the adjustment of the underlying security asset. Buying stock in a bank holding company is similar to buying options. Various issues develop from the government nationalization of previously held assets by the private sector....

The telephone is moving front and center for major technology companies...

June 26, 2009

Best Buy to Target 15% Cellphone Share | online.wsj.com

Best Buy is a major retailer with only 3% share of the phone market within the United States.  The announcement that they hope to capture 15% is a bold admission that they see the phone as a critical platform for future technologies and that they must move now or be left out of a major shift in...

The Competitive Landscape Has Changed For Restaurant Chains

June 25, 2009

Chain Restaurant Discounting: whats going on? | www.nytimes.com

Discounts will drive traffic but what happens when you stop? Economic conditions along with cannibalization have hurt this industry tremendously. What chains are in trouble?

What is, is - Redux

June 25, 2009

Mark Mariotti, Chief Executive Officer, Future Management Holdings Inc

congress grills bernanke on bofa/merrill deal | www.reuters.com

Currently the U.S. Government is interrogating and receiving testimony from Mr. Bernanke. The overriding theme of the interrogation (which is BofA) has been obfuscated once again by semantics and Bill Clinton era speak.

Operational Excellance is the Next Best Step for the Foodservice Industry

June 24, 2009

John Wilkerson, Executive Director, BELLWETHER LOGISTICS SERVICES, LLC

Veggie Tales: Think Food Distribution is a Low-Tech Enterprise? | money.cnn.com

Given the industry issues and challenging margins, Operational Excellence (Continuous Improvement) is an appropriate next step for the food service distribution industry.

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