These days the average marketing and advertising executive is only able to work on a single task for 30 minutes without being interrupted, one staffing firm found after surveying 500 executives at small to medium-size agencies. The biggest distraction is other people stopping by to talk.
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The California State Teachers' Retirement System plans to vote against Wal-Mart Stores' directors in an upcoming shareholder meeting, amid widening impacts from allegations of corruption at the company's Mexico operations. CalSTRS owns about 5.3 million shares worth $313.5 million.
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Waterstones to sell Amazon's Kindle (WSJ), American Eagle pulls out of Kids Biz (Retailing Today), Ogilvy looks to Myanmar (Ad Age), and more. For all the news you need throughout the day, follow salesFINSider on Twitter and Facebook.
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Retailer Brookstone has hired retail veteran and Golf Town founder Stephen Bebis as its new president and chief executive. He will also sit on the company's board. Bebis replaces Ron Boire, who left Brookstone to join Sears in January.
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Best Buy hired recruiting firm Spencer Stuart to run its search for a new chief executive, citing the firm's experience with retail and digital companies.
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Last month, employers in the sales world posted the highest number of online job ads targeted at candidates who want to work from home, according to hiring research firm Wanted Technologies.
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We've all heard the story about the mail room clerk rising to become the chief executive of a big corporation. At Home Depot, it's doable.
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