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- 10/22/2000
U.S. Retailers Learn From Europe Fuel Crisis
The office of the Kremlin property manager Vladimir Kozhin filed the lawsuit. Attorney Nancy Ashenoff said it follows the lines of other lawsuits filed by her firm for Ecuador, Venezuela and Brazilian states. - 10/22/2000
Associations
The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) named John Hervey chief technology officer. In this newly created position, Hervey will lead the associations technology efforts for the convenience store industry including standards, new technologies, e-commerce initiatives, and content for NACS' technology-related educational programming, particularly for the technology-focused nacs.tech conference. - 10/22/2000
C-Stores 'Burned' by Wildfires
The job cuts, meant to save $75 million a year, are in addition to an early retirement program offered to 970 workers. Those employees have until October to decide if they want to retire. - 9/25/2000
Associations
The National Association of Conven- ience Stores (NACS), Alexandria, Va., appointed Kathy Shanahan to the newly created position of vice president of customer relations. Dan Mulvaney was named director of political affairs. He will be responsible for the association's NACSPAC program, as well as all aspects of NACS' political affairs efforts. Kelly Schimmel was promoted to marketing research coordinator. Michael Mason was appointed to manager of news and media relations. Amy Ashley Burke was named meetings and registration manager. - 9/25/2000
"Hitting" the Lottery
The popularity of instant lottery tickets has made scratch-off games easy marks for dishonest employees, according to industry specialists. - 9/25/2000
Associations
Philip Morris, headquartered in New York, recently made a series of appointments including Kelly Ritter in Flint, Mich., Chris Little in Kansas City, Mo. and Huan Xie in Dallas were both named sales development associates. Christine Keller in Pittsburgh, Joseph Workman in Lexington, Ky. and Keith Luck in Dayton, Ohio were all named unit managers. In addition, Michael Rudnicki was named section sales director in Houston. - 9/25/2000
Associations
Philip Morris, headquartered in New York, recently made a series of appointments including Kelly Ritter in Flint, Mich., Chris Little in Kansas City, Mo. and Huan Xie in Dallas were all named sales development associates. Christine Keller in Pittsburgh, Joseph Workman in Lexington, Ky. and Keith Luck in Dayton, Ohio, were named unit managers. In addition, Michael Rudnicki was named section sales director in Houston. - 9/25/2000
Zooming Along
If you are reading this article and you have fewer than 20 stores, you are having an out-of-body experience. Why? Because you are dead. - 9/25/2000
Suppliers
Rockland, Mass.-based Tedeschi Food Shops Inc., appointed Charles F. Fitzgibbons to president and John F. Ransom to vice chairman. - 9/25/2000
Suppliers
Rockland, Mass.-based, Tedeschi Food Shops Inc., appointed Charles F. Fitzgibbons president and John F. Ransom vice chairman.