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February 22, 2005 |
Volume
13, Number 2
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- IronPlanet, an online auction firm
headquartered in
Hacienda, sold $400,000 of equipment and trucks on Feb. 3 for Marsolino
Construction in Uniontown, Pa., demonstrating the power of Iron
Planet’s methodology to attract bidders from a wide geographic area,
thereby getting higher prices for sellers. “This one-owner sale
provided Marsolino Construction a wider buying audience than a ‘local’
sale could have,” commented Frank Despatie, regional manager of the
northeast area for IronPlanet, now the third-largest auctioneer of
heavy equipment in North America . “It’s a much better method
of
selling than standing out in the snow and cold waiting for a live
auctioneer to sell each piece.” The Feb. 3 sale drew over 6,500
registered auction attendees with bidders from the US and four other
countries. On average, an item sold to a buyer more than 600
miles from its selling location, with 45 percent of the equipment going
to an out-of-state buyer.
- Hacienda’s Puritan Bennett has launched the
HELiOS
Marathon Portable Oxygen Unit, the first portable liquid oxygen unit to
provide patients with a range of continuous flow settings as well as
the option to operate in “demand flow” mode, which conserves oxygen
during exhalation. The device also provides unprecedented duration for
a portable liquid oxygen system, lasting up to 20 hours on a demand
flow setting and up to 5.5 hours in a continuous flow mode. “The HELiOS
Marathon Portable Oxygen Unit benefits demand flow patients who want to
be on the go longer and also continuous flow patients who want to enjoy
a portable system for the first time and get out and about once again,”
said Rick Mendez, marketing manager, Puritan Bennett respiratory
homecare. Weighing only 5.6 pounds when full, the new HELiOS Marathon
Portable Oxygen Unit is small and light enough to be comfortably “worn”
by patients.
- Ingenico has formed a marketing partnership
with IBM,
where Ingenico will supply payment terminals and transaction acceptance
technology for IBM’s Retail Store Solutions organization within the
United States. The marketing agreement will enable retailers to
implement payment solutions using IBM store management software and
Ingenico payment terminals. The technologies have been integrated and
are designed to work seamlessly together to provide optimal customer
payment acceptance. By leveraging the vast
experience
Ingenico has acquired in becoming the recognized world leader in
electronic payment technology, this agreement with IBM will enable
Ingenico to provide retailers with best of breed point-of- sale
solutions, the companies report.
- Through February, customers and employees at
Ross
Stores help raise funds for the American Heart Association’s
cardiovascular disease and stroke research and education efforts by
selling red paper hearts to customers and employees for one dollar. All
proceeds will benefit the American Heart Association, with the paper
hearts purchased by shoppers being posted on the walls of Ross’s
stores. Donations from the Hacienda company for the American Heart
Association nearly reached $900,000 in February 2004, and this year the
goals are set at more than $1,000,000. Currently, cardiovascular
diseases are the number one killer of both men and women in the United
States.
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