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sions.
"Customized audio programs
make for a better shopping en-
vironment," Ms. Golden says.
"Why not be creative? We use
audio time to present an image.
"It is a bit like the blue-light
special. But we updated it," Ms.
Golden explains. "We made this
business right for the decade."
Barbara Berent
Music Technologies designs
audio programs to suit the
client's taste. Each program is
transmitted to its location from
the corporate headquarters on
an FM radio station.
The company has access to a
satellite music channel that al-
lows the company to develop
programs for any site in the
United States.
Among their clients are Vic
Tanny, Kmart, Ontario-based
Big V Drug Store chain, Michi-
gan National Bank and Parti-
Giant. By the end of the year,
custom programs will be de-
signed for the St. Louis-based
Venture Stores and Phar-Mor
Drugs, a national chain. ❑
Fibronics Is
Improving
F
ibronics continued to im-
prove its financial situa-
tion as it reported reduced
losses for the third quar-
ter.
The computer communica-
tions provider announced a net
loss of $1.9 million in the third
quarter compared with a net
loss of $3 million the same quar-
ter 1nst year. During this year's
second quarter, the firm showed
a net loss of $1.3 million on rev-
enues of $13.4 million.
Even though revenues
dropped during the quarter, Fi-
bronics reported that orders at
the beginning of the fourth
quarter were up by 40 percent
to $4.3 million, compared to or-
ders at the beginning of the
third quarter.
Fibronics president Gil
Weisser pointed out that the
company is continuing to cut its
costs and take efficiency mea-
sures.
During the third quarter, the
Haifa-based firm reported
contracts for Rochester Gas &
Electric in New York and Puer-
to Rico's Treasury, as well as a
teamwork agreement with
electronics giant AEG to include
Fibronics' products in its com-
puter communications solu-
tions. ❑
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