Cyber Monday, the Internet’s biggest shopping day of the year is here and, for the first time, local and national retailers catering to Puerto Rico consumers are posting their deals and offers on www.cyberlunes.com, the local version of the www.cybermonday.org site that started the online retail movement seven years ago.
Integrated communications agency Draftfcb Puerto Rico won the National Diploma, the highest national award in the outdoor category during the recent edition of the Cannes Lions Festival for the poster called “Movies,” created to mark Coca-Cola’s 125th anniversary.
Google Engage, a program created by Google to teach the ‘ins-and-outs’ of online advertising, is now available in Puerto Rico to give users the chance to train, learn and become certified in free tools like “Apps,” “AdWords” and “Analytics,” the company announced.
In keeping with the growth in popularity generated by social networks, the Electronic Lottery of Puerto Rico recently established an official page on Facebook, through which its “friends” can see the winning numbers for all drawings as soon as they are drawn.
As part of the recently celebrated Priceless Night at Plaza Las Américas, MasterCard joined the Make-A-Wish Puerto Rico Foundation to fulfill the wants of three ill youngsters who had dreamed of a day of shopping at the Hato Rey mall.
This year’s gift-giving season officially kicks off tomorrow and for those whose favorite presents are in the form of wireless devices and electronics, you should know the lineup is wide-ranging and cutting-edge.
Bookings to Puerto Rico made on the more than 100 Expedia and Hotels.com sites worldwide grew by 28 percent in the first six months of 2012, compared to the same period last year, the online travel company confirmed Tuesday.
With the busiest travel days of the year ahead, millions of people will be hitting Puerto Rico roads to visit their families for Thanksgiving.
A second location of budding lingerie chain Blossom, owned by entrepreneur Nanette Rodríguez, recently opened at the Villas de San Francisco Plaza II mall in San Juan.
The Puerto Rico Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration invites veterans and other members of the military to its next entrepreneurial development seminar on Nov. 30, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at SBA’s facilities in Hato Rey.
The municipality of Caguas has been included in 10 cities to host “Play Streets,” an initiative that calls for closing roads to traffic and opened to the community to encourage physical activity. The event will be held in Puerto Rico in partnership with Triple-S Salud.
News is my Business, Puerto Rico’s only all-digital English-language business news service, is marking its second anniversary today.
The biopharmaceutical industry is a major driver of Puerto Rico’s social and economic development, not just for the 86,000 direct and indirect jobs its creates, but for the multiplier effects it has upon other sectors.
Plaza Carolina, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean’s second-largest mall, unveiled Thursday its new look and expanded store offering in preparation for this year’s holiday season. Reopening activities will take place all weekend and include the traditional lighting of the Christmas tree, musical presentations and special promotional events, mall officials said.
Looking to reinforce its local leadership, Medical Cards System Inc. CEO Jim O’Drobinak announced the promotions of David Scanavino to president of the MCS Advantage Inc. subsidiary, David P. Schaffer, to CFO of MCS Life Insurance Company and MCS Health Management Options; and José Aponte, to CFO of MCS Advantage Inc.
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