| Fireglow to digitally distribute 1C UK games
Fireglow Games has announced an agreement with 1C UK to digitally distribute seven of 1C's full-scale PC games. �We are happy to announce our global digital distribution agreement with 1C. It�s a great start,� says Ludmila Ludvig, managing director of Fireglow Games. �In the near future, we aim to expand on our publishing business.� �We are delighted to be working with Fireglow. Like us, they have recognised the huge opportunity offered by the digital distribution medium and we are looking forwards to some very positive results from this deal,� adds Peter King, Managing Director of 1C UK. The specific 1C titles covered by the agreement were not specified. Fireglow Games is best known for its Sudden Strike franchise. .
Fasfik Eyes 30 Pct Auto Services Sector Mart Share
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 -- Fasfik (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, which operates a chain of tyres, brakes and lubrication services centres, expects to capture 30 percent of the local industry's market share worth RM1.6 billion annually, said its chairman, Datuk Pahamin A. Rajab, Tuesday. "The target will be achieved with the company's plans to open 1,200 outlets and have a workforce of 12,000," he said at the launch of Fasfik's 40th outlet and the signing of the memorandum of understanding to offer the Fasfik franchise training programme with Empire Putra College and strategic partners. Minister of Entrepreneurial & Co-operative Development, Datuk Mohamad Khaled Nordin officiated at the launch. Pahamin said to achieve the target, Fasfik would invest RM3 million to train 1,000 apprentices annually. "The amount will cover the cost of training for the three-and-a-half year programme which includes allowances, training facilities, uniforms, gear and apparels and systems applications," he said.
Chevron Promises Continued Push into Growing Retail and Exploring Alternative Fuels
DENVER, Colo. -- Promising not to rest on their laurels, Chevron North America executives told its marketers, dealers and franchisees that the best is yet to come during the oil company's biannual convention in Denver last week. "Beyond the Horizon" was the theme for the event, which attracted almost 2,500 attendees, according to a company spokesman. In the opening Town Hall session Friday morning, Danny Roden, vice president of North America marketing; Frank Herbst, general manager of the company's Eastern retail region; and Cary Knuth, Herbst's counterpart for the Western region, disclosed the company's achievements since its last convention two years ago in Nashville, Tenn., and outlined new initiatives aimed at growing marketing share in the retail arena. In addition to announcing a one-month extension (until the end of September) of its temporary credit-card fee reduction program and the imminent end of its 75-cent upfront fee on gift cards, Chevron also revealed that next year it would introduce a new co-branded credit card tied to a loyalty program.
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