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The Cobalt Group, the leading provider of marketing services to the retail automotive industry, and its Dealix division, the leading provider of automotive Internet sales leads, announced today that it is once again a provider of choice to the nation's top 100 Internet dealers, as ranked by Ward's Dealer Business. This year, 94 of the nation's top Internet dealers use Dealix and its parent company Cobalt.

Every year, Ward's, a preeminent source for automotive industry information, ranks the top 100 dealers in the nation on the basis of units sold via the Internet. Ward's was the first automotive trade publication to recognize the increasingly important role that Internet departments play in overall auto sales, and the first to rank the top Internet dealers in the US.

"These dealers are making significant improvements on their Internet sales numbers every year -- collectively going from 61,000 vehicles sol...

Winning Brands Corporation (PINKSHEETS: WNBD) (www.WinningBrands.ca) announces that its environmental clean-up solution Winning Colours® Multi-Cleaner will become available to significantly more paint retailers in the Western U.S. due to an immediate additional distributor listing with Paint Sundries Solutions of Kirkland, Washington -- a major supplier of sundries to the American paint retailing sector serving 13 Western states. For the first time, this reach will include Alaska and Hawaii. www.PaintSundries.com

The listing is significant because of the total geographic coverage of Western states that will result and the fact that Paint Sundries Solutions has sophisticated infrastructural capabilities to provide a high level of retailer service related to distribu...

The Cobalt Group, the leading provider of marketing services to the retail automotive industry, and its Dealix division, the leading provider of automotive Internet sales leads, announced today that Dealix is the "Platinum Award Winner" for new car lead providers in the 2007 Auto Dealer Monthly Dealers' Choice Awards. The annual survey offers dealers the opportunity to rate service providers across multiple categories on how they help dealers. Dealix has taken top honors in the survey since the award's inception in 2005.

"The automotive industry has evolved to the degree that no dealership is an island," said Greg Goebel, CEO of Auto Dealer Monthly. "These awards are an acknowledgement of just how important third-party service providers are to dealers in helping them boost efficiencies and stay competitive. The high ranking Dealix achieves year after year is testament to the great value they deliver to their ...

@Road, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARDI), a global provider of next-generation solutions for Mobile Resource Management (MRM), today announced its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2006.

Total revenues for the third quarter of 2006 were $25.2 million, an 8% sequential growth compared to $23.2 million for the second quarter of 2006. Hosted revenues for the third quarter of 2006 were $21.2 million, and licensed revenues for the third quarter of 2006 were $4.0 million. Net loss attributable to common stockholders for the third quarter of 2006 was $3.6 million, or $0.06 per diluted share.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, total revenues were $73.1 million, an 11% increase compared to $65.6 million for the same period in 2005. Hosted revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 were $61.8 million, and licensed revenues for the same nine month...

The Board of Directors of Marketing Concepts International (PINKSHEETS: MCCI), a Nevada Corporation, has announced the creation of its new Marketing Advisory Board.

Mr. Benjamin Grossmann, President and CEO, announced the creation of the new advisory board earlier this morning. "The members of our Marketing Advisory Board are very senior professionals as you will see by extracts from their Curriculum Vitae. They are well respected and have extensive experience in virtually every facet of marketing. These individuals will work together to provide our clients with state-of-the-art marketing direction to insure their road to profitability is smooth and direct."

Rob Woodrooffe founded Interwood Direct, Canada's leading Direct Television ("DRTV") marketer, in 1974. Interwood has pioneered the long-form DRTV applications in this market and is Canada's lar...

Backchannelmedia Inc., a provider of direct response TV (DRTV) and television advertising services, today announced the appointment of Steven J. Edelstein as chief marketing officer (CMO). As CMO, Edelstein will be responsible for driving the company's strategy and vision to bring accountability back to television advertising. Edelstein is a 17-year veteran of the direct marketing industry, a member of the Electronic Retailing Association's Board of Directors, and Chairperson for the Electronic Retailing Association's (ERA) Marketing and Communications Committee.

"We are excited to be adding such a great amount of industry expertise to our already impressive team of professionals," said Daniel Hassan, Co-CEO of Backchannelmedia. "Steven Edelstein brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Backchannelmedia and will enable the company to take the next step towards bringing accountability and ROI to TV advertising."

Backchannelmedia is changing the way television media adve...

Lyric Jeans, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: LYJN) and its brand Lyric Culture, a cutting-edge premium clothing company, were the focus of a two-page feature article in this week's California Apparel News. The region's premiere publication covering fashion, retailing, manufacturing and textile information affecting the California fashion industry touted Lyric as "one of the more ambitious and original denim launches in some time." The article further explored the inspired concept and marketing strategy behind the brand through an interview with Lyric President Hanna Rochelle Schmieder.

Lyric Culture is a music driven premium apparel line involving lyrical content on jeans, denim wear, leather and accessories. Each item in the collection reflects the personality, style and flare of the artist and song through its design. The company uses the words of legendary artists ...

How will the next generation of digital cameras and camera-phones change consumer picture-taking behaviors? Are they ready to embrace video? Will they print more or less in the future? If they don't print, what will they do with their pictures? Future Image has assembled a stellar panel of leading industry analysts to look into their crystal balls and share their forecasts and perspectives on digital video and digital photo technology. The Analyst Roundtable, which will wrap up the 6Sight® Future of Imaging Conference (www.6sight.com) in Monterey, Calif. October 24 and 25, will feature Steve Hoffenberg, Director of Consumer Imaging Research, Lyra Research Inc.; Marion Knoche, Division Manager, Imaging and Optical Products, GfK Marketing Services GmbH; Gary Pageau, Association Publisher, Content Development and Strategic Initiatives, PMA; and Ron Tussy, President and Principal Analyst, Imerge.

"The desire to communicate visually is in our DNA...

Distance communication, such as a telephone call, can be made much more rewarding, efficient and productive through the addition of photos and videos which provide richer information, overcome language barriers, and carry greater emotional content than voice alone. New products, services, and technologies from advanced mobile phones to next generation video conferencing systems are now bringing these capabilities to the general public by lowering the barriers of price and complexity of use.

At the 6Sight Future of Imaging conference (www.6sight.com) in Monterey, CA on October 24, the Visual Conversation session will focus on how the advent of easy and accessible tools and services for visual communication will change customer behaviors in the personal, business, and community spheres. The panel will feature: "This isn't just about seeing the person you're talking with, it's also about seeing the things you're talking about," says the panel's mod...

Wal-Mart and PRN, a Thomson business, announce rollout of the in-store media network of the future

Wal-Mart and PRN's Launch Of IPTV Network At Retail Provides Unprecedented Targeting Capability.

More than 400 Marketers and Advertisers Attend The Wal-Mart 2007 Summit.

PARIS and SAN FRANCISCO - October 16, 2006 Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) and Premier Retail Networks (PRN), a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomson SA (Euronext: 18453) (NYSE: TMS) introduced the in-store media network of the future at Wal-Mart Network Annual Summit on October 9, 2006 in Bentonville, AR. More than 400 leading marketers and advertisers were in attendance.

The launch of the IPTV network at retail enables Wal-Mart to deliver a targeted, media experience to sho...