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Week of December 7, 2000 |
AUCTION SITE POST: DeRemate.com, a U&S and Latin American auction website, has named Carlos Faria general manager for the Andean region. Mr. Faria earlier in his e-career oversaw the launch for DeRemate of sites in Venezuela, Colombia and Peru. Aside from the Andean region, Mr. Faria says he will also be managing US operations as well as developing and implementing marketing, sales and operating strategies for the e-company. Before joining DeRemate, Mr. Faria said he was a deputy representative for Banque EuropÇnne pour l'AmÇrique Latine West LB Group in Caracas. VITECH MICROTEC: Vitech America Inc. announced this week that its subsidiary Microtec Sistemas in Brazil has launched the new Intel Pentium 4 family of processors with a prototype of its Quest 7140 computer operating at 1400 MHz. The "state-of-the-art" PC, says Paulo Alouche, marketing director, will make its debut in Brazil in the first quarter 2001. "The greater processing and transmission speed" of the computer, Mr. Alouche said, "allows virtual reality work to be performed with greater speed and detail." COCOWALK-DOTS: CocoWalk this week launched cocowalk.com. The home page will be refreshed and updated daily, says CocoWalk's Julie Katz. Features, she said, will include sections announcing sales, bar specials and musical events. Also, a "Tip of the Day" will promote one item from the retail tenant and the lineup at the AMC movie theater gets a full page. INVESTING IN THE FUTURE: Yahoo! today (12/7) is rolling out a Camp Yahoo! en espa§ol international education initiative that features training and materials for schools and nonprofits to introduce users to the Internet. The effort is a partnership with ASPIRA Florida, a group "devoted to education and leadership development of Latino youth." According to a spokesman, Camp Yahoo! was developed "as a basic Internet instruction package" that was designed to be used in "educational initiatives in under-privileged communities." DOTS & DASHES: In Pompano Beach, Floral Visions launched Floralplant.com as "a one-stop e-resource for floral arrangements, bouquets, plants and gifts".... Sushi Doraku, 1100 Lincoln Road and 310 First Ave. in Fort Lauderdale, launched a web-cam site so visitors can view the aquatic-theme restaurant over shushidoraku.com.... Duke Weeks Realty Corp. in Indianapolis launched a site last week it calls an "online newsroom" so that members of the media could "easily and efficiently access information about the company." |
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