Record #:

1654

Author(s):

Towle, Lisa H.

Abstract:

Robeson County is marketing itself as a tourist county, and Robeson's Image Improvement Task Force is taking measures to reinforce the tourism industry.

Source:

North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 52 Issue 6, June 1994, p28, por

Subject(s):

Robeson County--Description and travel; Tourist trade--Robeson County

Record #:

4365

Author(s):

Towle, Lisa H.

Abstract:

Car dealerships across the state become family affairs, passing from generation to generation. Morgan Dodge Jeep in Durham includes three Morgan generations, beginning in 1940. Norwood Bryan's father started a Fayetteville dealership in 1945 and the younger Bryan later joined. In 1999, Norwood Bryan received a prestigious Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award, one of only eight awards given in the nation, which has almost 22,000 dealerships.

Source:

North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 57 Issue 11, Nov 1999, p34-35, il

Subject(s):

Automobile dealers--Durham; Automobile dealers--Fayetteville

Record #:

3010

Author(s):

Towle, Lisa H.

Abstract:

Factors that include good location, quality of schools, and recruiting have combined to make the state first in the nation from 1989 to 1995 in the numbers of new and expanded pharmaceutical facilities and first in Southern biotechnology firm locations.

Source:

North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 54 Issue 8, Aug 1996, p14-16, 18,20, il

Subject(s):

Pharmaceutical industry

Record #:

2235

Author(s):

Towle, Lisa H.

Abstract:

North Carolina furniture makers are increasingly marketing their products to overseas markets. State furniture exports are rising as the industry targets markets in such regions as Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Source:

North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 53 Issue 4, Apr 1995, p14-15; 17-20, il

Subject(s):

Furniture industry and trade; International trade; Export marketing