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Consumers finally shook off their summertime blues by loosening their purse strings in July, according to the NRF Retail Executive Opinion Survey.

Vice President of Brand Management will be Marlene V. Coulis. Coulis is the first woman and the first Latino in the company’s history to hold this position.

In a ceremony with the Olympic Family at the Great Wall of China, The Coca-Cola Company and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the renewal of their historic partnership for an unprecedented 12 years.

Sprint and Nextel Communications Inc. announced that they have received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval for the companies’ pending merger transaction.

CNN en Español is inviting professional journalists in Latin America to participate in the network’s first Spanish-language pan-regional television journalism contest, Visión Latinoamericana (“Latin American Vision”).

The rich Hispanic culture of Northern New Mexico was celebrated as the U.S. Postal Service issued the New Mexico Rio Grande Blankets commemorative postage stamps at the 54th Annual Traditional Spanish Market on the Plaza Community Stage. These stamps are fifth in the American Treasures Series and feature the beauty and richness of Spanish American weavers.

The leadership of the public relations profession is stepping up its efforts to improve diversity within the industry, especially its senior management ranks. This was revealed by the issuance of a groundbreaking report entitled “Focus on Diversity: Lowering the Barriers; Raising the Bar,” by the Public Relations Coalition, an alliance of 23 major organizations representing all of the communications disciplines, comprising more than 50,000 members.