On Monday, salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM)’s shares inclined 1.77% to $75.24.
Salesforce (CRM), the Customer Success Platform and world’s #1 CRM company, stated that it granted equity awards under its 2014 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan to new employees who joined Salesforce in connection with its acquisition of Kerensen Consulting. The Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors in July 2014, in accordance with New York Stock Exchange Rule 303A.08.
Kerensen is a leading cloud consulting firm in Europe that provides business consulting, cloud solution administration and digital customer experience services. Salesforce accomplished its acquisition of Kerensen Consulting in August 2015.
Under the Plan, Salesforce granted a total of 82,779 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to 26 employees. These RSUs vest over 4 years with 25 percent of the RSUs vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date and the balance vesting quarterly thereafter in 12 equal installments, subject to continued service through each applicable vesting date. Each of the employees who received an equity award is a non-executive employee and joined as a result of the acquisition.
salesforce.com, inc. provides enterprise cloud computing solutions, with a focus on customer relationship administration to various businesses and industries worldwide.
SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY)’s shares gained 2.06% to $40.21.
Sysco Corporation (SYY) declared nearly five dozen winners in its annual Sysco Supplier Excellence Awards, a program that recognizes partners who best meet the company’s exacting standards.
The 2015 recipients were selected from more than 2,000 eligible suppliers located worldwide. Selection was based on key business performance metrics as evaluated by Sysco’s Foodservice Companies and Sysco’s Corporate Merchandising, Sourcing, Quality Assurance, and Supply Chain departments. Honorees excelled at assisting Sysco with local business and chain sales growth, profitability, sales of Sysco-branded products, and support for its local operating companies.
Sysco Corporation, through its auxiliaries, markets and distributes a range of food and related products primarily to the foodservice or food-away-from-home industry.
At the end of Monday’s trade, Kroger Co (NYSE:KR)‘s shares surged 2.53% to $38.08.
Ralphs Grocery Company declared that its stores will carry a new line of corporate brand products, imported directly from the most food-rich regions of the world.
Ralphs parent company, The Kroger Co, developed the new brand called HemisFares™. HemisFares is a guided tour of the best-of-the-best tastes the planet has to offer – found exclusively at the Kroger family of stores, counting Ralphs stores in Southern California.
Kroger introduced the brand with 27 authentic Italian products presently on shelves in Ralphs stores and plans to add more products and countries soon.
Kroger is working side-by-side with the best food connoisseurs, some with decades of experience, to identify the most delectable, regional culinary treasures from around the world. Kroger’s Corporate Brands team travels to those regions, diving into what makes each edible treasure and locality unique. Gelato, for example, originated in Sicily. HemisFares Sicilian Gelato is made from grass-fed cows who roam the Sicilian countryside. These cows are milked daily and provide the fresh cream used to make the rich and creamy HemisFares Sicilian Gelato that is sold on Kroger shelves.
Ralphs is a partner of The Kroger Co., (KR).
The Kroger Co., together with its auxiliaries, operates as a retailer in the United States and internationally. It also manufactures and processes food for sale in its supermarkets. The company operates retail food and drug stores, multi-department stores, jewelry stores, and convenience stores.
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA), ended its Monday’s trading session with 2.84% gain, and closed at $13.41.
Realtor.com®, a leading provider of online real estate services operated by News Corp [NWSA] partner Move, Inc. recently declared that its original five-episode, digital video series, featuring actress Elizabeth Banks, providing practical, humorous advice to first-time home buyers, has won five digital advertising awards.
The campaign received top honors from advertising trade publication Mediapost’s Online Marketing Media and Advertising (OMMA) awards for its Use of Humor in the category of Online Advertising Creativity. The realtor.com® campaign also was honored with two Gold and two Silver Awards by W3 for Branded Content: Business to Consumer; Video Features: Individual Performance; Online Video: Web Series; and Microsite: Real Estate, respectively.
The series is part of the biggest and boldest integrated marketing initiative in realtor.com®’s 20-year history, which comprises numerous 15- and 30-second TV spots featuring Emmy-nominated actress, producer and director Elizabeth Banks, and was directed by Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor, producer and director, Fred Savage. Both the ad campaign and digital web series were created by Pereira O’Dell New York, realtor.com®’s agency of record.
News Corporation, a media and information services company, focuses on creating and distributing content to consumers and businesses worldwide.
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