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TM<br />

March 2009<br />

VOLUME 10 NUMBER 3<br />

Cover Story<br />

18<br />

Power Lunch with<br />

Tim Lesmeister<br />

Tim Lesmeister, Vice President of<br />

Marketing for WD-40, is charged<br />

with the task of managing the<br />

marketing strategies for seven of the<br />

company’s nine brands. How has<br />

buyer belt-tightening in the current<br />

economic climate affected his<br />

marketing approach?<br />

22<br />

Special Report<br />

Part V of TSE’s ten-part report on<br />

trade show attendance-building<br />

focuses on the International<br />

Licensing Expo from Advanstar<br />

Communications. Though the show<br />

is already part of a booming sector,<br />

what further steps have organizers<br />

taken to grow attendance?<br />

18<br />

Photo Credit: Sherry Tesler<br />

34<br />

Pardon Our Dust<br />

Get the latest facts and figures in<br />

our semi-annual report on proposed,<br />

expanding and new facilities in the<br />

U.S., Canada and Mexico.<br />

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