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Rometty, 54, is currently IBM senior vice president and group executive for sales, marketing and strategy.
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The sales-minded executive Tuesday announced he was dissolving an HP group responsible for sales to small- and medium-sized businesses to give HP's salespeople more direct customer contact, and stressed that HP would work only with partners that made it a point to champion HP products.
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"This is the first time in the last 10 years I fear I am speaking to a group that knows more about my product than me, " Thierry Antinori, Lufthansa AG executive vice president of sales and marketing, told the group.
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Terry Duddy, chief executive of Argos' parent, Home Retail Group, said the strong sales meant the group's pre-tax profits were on course to beat forecasts.
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Group chief executive George Weston said UK trading had been "particularly strong" and European sales "buoyant".
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"After another year of substantial land investment in 2012, the group expects to deliver a strong increase in active sales outlets in 2013, " said David Ritchie, Bovis chief executive.
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