Business Briefs

Walter’s Pharmacy, Allentown, will celebrate 40 years of doing business in Allentown when the pharmacy opens for business on March 13. As a "thank you" to customers for their support and friendship over the past 39 years, Dick and Fran Walter will celebrate the day with drawings for adults and children, and a balloon discount with purchase.

Walter’s Pharmacy and Gifts is located at 2 South Main St.

Sales Strategies & Solutions Inc. will present a seminar for business owners and senior sales professionals on March 17 between 8:30 and 10:30 a.m., at its offices, 4400 Route 9 south, Freehold Township. The seminar, titled, "Isolate Buying Practices That Turn Your Sales Force Into Unpaid Consultants and Put a Stop to Them," discusses how businesses can reconfigure their sales strategies to achieve higher closing rates and overall better performance.

According to company president Jeff Callahan, attendees will learn how to differentiate themselves in the first 15 seconds of client contact, how to stop being an unpaid consultant, how to handle prospects who stall for time, and how to gain control of the selling process.

The fee of $97 includes two books plus a corporate recruiting guide. For further information, call (800) 814-5333, or log on to www.sellwithconfidence.com.

Mary Vinnedge, editor of Design NJ magazine, will team up with Caroline Sebone, author of "Great Houses and Gardens in New Jersey," April 14 at Barnes & Noble, Freehold Township.

Design NJ magazine is published by Hobby Publications Inc., based in Marlboro. The bimonthly magazine features homes from Bergen County to Cape May.

Vinnedge, a Holmdel resident, will share insights and tips about remodeling in New Jersey. Her presentation will include photos from remodeled homes from throughout New Jersey as seen through the eyes of Design NJ editors.

Prudential New Jersey Properties has announced its 139 inductees into the New Jersey Association of Realtors 2003 Circle of Excellence. The awards are presented annually and recognize outstanding listing and sales achievements by Realtors who have reached the height of their profession.

Locally, the inductees from the Howell office are Linda Irvin, silver level; and Edward Beadle, Maxine Clark, Stephanie Dimakides, Frances Libonati and Dante Massa, bronze level.

From the Manalapan office, the inductees are Michael Schnieder and Iris Silverberg, silver level; and Allan Buim, Alice Greenblatt, Barbara Kromer, Katherine Bradley Know, David Reich, Brian Teitel and Sheilah Teitel, bronze level.

In Millstone, the inductees are James Befarah, platinum level; Samir Behary, gold level; Joseph San Nicola, silver level; and Carolyn Shen, bronze level.

In addition, 25 Monmouth County sales associates were awarded membership in Prudential New Jersey Properties’ Multi-Million Dollar Club for achieving more than $2 million in sales volume. Those winners include Carolle Bobchin-Weiner and Sunny Peclet, Howell office; Jean Berezina, Gail Birnbaum-Karger, Rosanna Carbone and Iris Helish, Manalapan office; and Jennifer Baldachino, Kelly Bednarz, Ellen Manzi, Jeanna Moiseyev, Audrey Nelson and Barbara Perlin, Millstone office.

Monmouth/Ocean Chapter of New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners will hold its monthly dinner meeting March 25 at Jumping Brook County Club, Neptune. The event will begin at 5 p.m. with a pre-meeting conducted by Roslyn Karpel, interior designer and feng shui practitioner. Her topic will be "How Feng Shui Can Improve Productivity."

Marketing will be the main educational topic of the evening, featuring Linda Coppolino, president of Little Hat Marketing & Design, Howell; Laura Jewell, president, Jewell Marketing Associates Inc., Asbury Park; and Eva Szakal, principal consultant, Y2Marketing, Manasquan.

The cost is $35 for members and $40 for all others. Reservations are required by March 19; call Chrissy Reinhard at (732) 528-1172.

Rita’s Water Ice Corp. will celebrate the coming of spring with its annual giveaway of Italian ice. Rita’s Ices, Cones, Shakes and Other Cook Stuff, an Italian ice chain based in Bensalem, Pa., will give a free regular Italian ice to everyone who stops by one of its more than 290 locations nationwide Saturday, March 20. This is the company’s 11th annual "Firs Day of Spring Italian Ice Giveaway."

In the local area, Rita’s has stores in Freehold at 47 W. Main St., and in Manalapan at 342 Route 9 north. For more information, call (800) 677-RITA or visit www.ritasice.com.