Advanced Marketing Services Announces Appointment of Tara Catogge as EVP, Sales & Merchandising.SAN DIEGO -- Advanced Marketing Services, Inc. (Pink Sheets:MKTS MKTS Military Knowledge and Testing Standard ), a leading provider of customized wholesaling and contract distribution services, announces the appointment of Tara Catogge as AMS's Executive Vice President, Sales and Merchandising. Ms. Catogge joined the Company in August 1994 as the Marketing Manager for Sam's Club. Her career with the company includes the positions of General Sales Manager, Director, Club Sales and her most recent position, Vice President, Sales. Prior to joining AMS AMS - Andrew Message System , she was the Sales Director at Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company. Ms. Catogge holds a BA in Business Management and a BFA BFA abbr. Bachelor of Fine Arts BFA abbr BFA, B.F.A Bachelor of Fine Arts; first degree in Fine Arts. in Arts Management. Gary Rautenstrauch, AMS's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , said, "I'm pleased to announce that Tara Catogge has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Sales and Merchandising, and becomes a member of the Executive team. Tara will continue to be responsible for wholesale sales and merchandising with AMS's core suppliers and warehouse club customers. Tara will continue to report to Adam Zoldan, Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer." About Advanced Marketing Services Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Advanced Marketing Services is a leading provider of customized merchandising, wholesaling, distribution and publishing services, currently primarily to the book industry. The Company has operations in the U.S., Mexico, the United Kingdom and Australia and employs approximately 1,400 people worldwide. The Company provides a wide range of value-added services that provide its retail customers with book buying advice, promotional support and expert supply chain management, to ensure the success of their book programs. The Company's proprietary Vendor Managed Inventory Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) is a family of business models in which the buyer of a product provides certain information to a supplier of that product and the supplier takes full responsibility for maintaining an agreed inventory of the material, usually at the buyer's (VMI VMI Virginia Military Institute VMI Vendor Managed Inventory VMI Vertical Motion Index VMI Valtakunnan Metsien Inventointi (Finnish: National Forest Inventory) VMI Video Module Interface ) software in a unique tool that allows its book specialists to manage efficiently and effectively the book distribution supply chain for the benefit of its membership warehouse club customers. Publishers Group Worldwide (PGW PGW Philadelphia Gas Works PGW Publishers Group West PGW Precision Guided Weapons PGW Payment Gateway PGW Pressure Gas Welding PGW Pesticides in Ground Water PGW Parallel Gap Welding PGW Propylene glycol/water PGW Project on Girls and Women ), an alliance of the Company's global book distribution operations, provides independent publishers with the exclusive full service English language sales and distribution services. Recent public announcements about AMS are available on both the Company's web site, www.advmkt.com, and on Business Wire, www.businesswire.com. Forward-looking statements in this public announcement are made under the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Certain important factors could cause results to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements, including the results of the independent audit of the Company's financial statements, the ongoing internal review, and other factors discussed from time to time in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not assume any duty to update forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on information available as of the date hereof, and are made only as of the date of this public announcement. |
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