Antwerp , Belgium --A reduction in rough-diamond supply, coupled with an increase in generic diamond marketing, is what the diamond industry needs to do to navigate the choppy economic waters, industry leaders concluded at a symposium held on Monday in Antwerp, Belgium.

NEW YORK----While historical declines in US retail sales were reported by the Commerce Department last week, investors in the scent marketing industry welcomed the news as record numbers of retailers increasingly turn to alternative methods of merchandising to boost sales.

Cellfire Inc., the only nationwide mobile coupon and discount offer service, was honored by the Mobile Marketing Association with the MMA 2008 Innovation Award for demonstrating and applying new technology which significantly contributed to the growth of the industry with its mobile grocery coupon program.

SCI Ltd., a leading provider of retail process solutions for the automotive industry, today announced significant new capabilities to its "Torque(TM)" MarketView 360, multi-channel marketing solution.

Sal Barcia, Chief Executive Officer at Meta Healthcare IT Solutions, a supplier of comprehensive medication safety information systems for the healthcare industry, announced today the appointment of Bob Rosenberg as Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Bigmouthmedia, independent digital marketing agency, has launched a new cross-industry campaign to promote a career in Search and digital marketing to university graduates. The move follows the recent publication of survey results ( http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/graduate-survey-2008.asp...

SADDLE RIVER — PDI Inc., the biopharmaceutical marketing company that has struggled in recent years, has named pharmaceutical industry veteran Nancy Lurker as chief executive officer.

SADDLE RIVER � PDI Inc., the biopharmaceutical marketing company that has struggled in recent years, has named pharmaceutical industry veteran Nancy Lurker as chief executive officer.

For decades, tobacco companies advertised on TV, radio, billboards and magazine pages. When the 1998 tobacco settlement put an end to that, they began targeting smokers online and in person. Now the industry spends twice as much on marketing as it did 10 years ago.

Australia's $2.2 billion wool industry rejected calls on Thursday to immediately stop a "barbaric" practice of cutting away loose skin from sheep to stop maggots, saying there was no workable alternative.