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Its just not the of Home May be wearing off As a 2003, while Revenue from the wholesaling same. I be been going to movies for Many Sang Tan / associated press archives new study suggests an increasing of dds and videocassettes remained years and its just Best in the revenues from film distributions to theatres Rose sharply data reveals. Number of canadians Are getting off unchanged at just Over $1.8 billion. Hassel says he has thousands of vhf the Couch and Back into theatres. We might be seeing a shift said movies and hundreds of dds at Home according to Industry data released Difedi. We re noticing that video whole but watching a movie at a theatre is still according to the Survey. That was up 0.5 did said Difedi. There Are Only so Many yesterday by statistics Canada Rev Saling is kind of plateau ing. His preference. Per cent from the previous year. Video games they can play and after that venues from film distributions to theatres maybe people have reached the stage films Are to be enjoyed in the Cine the recovery helped take the sting out they get Rose sharply while revenues from sales where watching videos at Home does to a he said. I have a Home theatre and of a 4.6 per cent decline in attendance the july Survey also showed that of dds and videocassettes levelled off really meet All their needs. Therefore its quite Good but its still not the in 2003-04. Admission prices increased by just 0.3 after surging since 2000. They want to get out and go to the yesterdays results come after a Sta drive ins enjoyed a 20.4 per cent per cent to an average of $7.47 in 2004-05 we noticed the videos Arent growing Ristics Canada Survey last month showed increase halting eight years of decline. While Canadian households spent an As much As they be grown in the past watching a video at Home does to com attendance at movie theatres in Canada Difedi suggests drive ins May be expert average of $112 on movies at the theatre years when it was the Novelty said sur pare to being in the theatre for film goer especially drive ins was on the Rise. Ending a Renaissance. Up from $106 in 2003-04. Vey analyst Fidel Difedi. The Novelty is Tony Hassel. Movie theatres and drive ins combined Young kids Are beginning to explore beginning to Wear i think the Cinema experience is Best sold 120.3 million tickets in 2004-05, the things their parents or grandparents ? Canadian press Small firms get big ideas project helps boost customer service by Geoff Kirbyson a Winnipeg based Market research firm wants to help its Small clients think and act like their bigger competitors. Tell us about us has launched a Pilot project in Winnipeg with a Trio of local firms ? world of water International super lube Auto centres and Booster juice ? designed to help them improve their customer service. Tyler Gompf president of Tau said the idea behind the project is to Marc Gallant / Winnipeg free press take what it has Learned in measuring service at such giants As Dairy Queen Tyler Gompf front Row second from right with staff holding group cheer is helping firms identify areas to improve staff customer satisfaction. Dunkin donuts White Castle restau rants and Ben & Jerry a and giving Gompf said. The Pilot project has been underway Wade Miller co owner of three boost at what Steps need to be taken to regional companies the inside scoop. When a problem arises you wont since june and Gompf said it will Beer juice franchises said the reasons improve the situation. He said he was he said multinationals invariably have a Clear route to solving it he said ready for a full launch next month. For participating in the Pilot project it prompted to take part in the Pilot by have standardized processes and ways in an interview yesterday. The bigger he said Tau has been measuring were simple. Any current customer service prob of measuring their product mix Cus risk is upsetting the customer and los employee satisfaction and attitudes we want to know what our Cus lems. Tomer service and loyalty employee ing towards service at nine locations three towers Are thinking and where we can Jarrett Davidson president of world attitudes towards service and How they if you have a process in place you for each business As Well As customer improve our services systems and of water said getting internal feedback resolve problems. Can take what could be a detrimental satisfaction and loyalty. Once that a processes to our customers he said in is just As strategically important As smaller players meanwhile tend to experience where a customer wont compiled it sends in a third party Audi an interview from Las vegas yesterday. External feedback. Do much of this on an and hoc basis a return and you can turn them into a Tor essentially a mystery shopper to once the results Are in the former strategy that a fraught with Pitfalls raving fan of your business evaluate the situation. Winnipeg Blue bomber said hell look. weekly earnings Rise in june Google Ebay sign but first half of 2006 dismal big advertising Deal there Are too Many times when Man by Murray Mcneill Ito a walks away from the comparison game with a Black Eye Overall said in Click to Call technology expanding base Manitoba had the biggest increase in an interview. We have to ask Why that average weekly earnings in the country close the terms of the Deal or what it in june but it want enough to prevent he said things seemed to be turning by Lisa Leff might mean for the Mountain View it from also posting the smallest first around in 2004 and 2005, when Manitoba based search engines Bottom line. Whit half gain for 2006, new statistics Canada had some of the biggest earnings san Francisco ? in a Deal Between Man said Ebay does not expect the increases in the country after three con figures show. Two of the internet a most prominent partnership to affect its financial per Secu Tive years of recording some of the the Federal Agency said Manitoba a properties Google Nash a Good Mormance this year or next. Smallest gains of any province. Average weekly wage rate grew by 1.3 will begin Selling advertising for web under the partnership Google will but now it looks As though theper cent to $673.40 in june from $664.69 auctioneer Ebay Nash a Ebay out become the exclusive provider of text province has reverted to its old ways Hethe month before. That was More than Side the United states and help buyers advertising on Ebay outside the United added which does to Bode Well for the three times the National average quickly ring an online merchant to do states. In May Ebay announced a Deal local Economy. Increase of 0.4 per cent. Business. With the no. 2 internet search engine associated press archives he noted that even with the gains that however it was a completely different the arrangement announced yester Yahoo inc., to serve All its Domestic were made in 2004 and 2005, Manitoba Eric Schmidt Many years Story for the first half of the year the Day promises to introduce Click to Call advertising. Still has the third lowest average week Sta scan figures show. Manitoba a first website technology to a broader Audi Whitman said Ebay decided to give by wage rate in the country. Only Prince the Click to Call component of the new half gain of 1.8 per cent was not Only the ence and potentially Speed its adoption Google a advertisers Access to its inter Edward Island at $587.56, and Nova so As a Means of More quickly connecting National auction Sites after choosing Alliance Calls for the two Silicon Valley smallest in the country but five other Tia at $650.93, have lower weekly to work together on develop provinces had gains that were More than online Consumers with advertisers. It Yahoo for its Domestic advertising he said that a going to make it More will allow potential buyers to Call Ebay because of the competing internet ing a service that lets web surfers place twice that size. Difficult for Manitoba companies to Telephone Calls through their computers in addition to the poor first half show merchants or Google advertisers by search engines respective strengths and attract and retain skilled workers Andor handheld devices when they Click on ing Manitoba also tied with Ontario for clicking a link on a web Page. How they mesh with Ebay a assets. For the Economy to produce the kind of a link in an internet and. The smallest june Over june increase at we have a Chance to create a whole the Deal represents the latest Adver tax revenues needed to adequately fund new Way for buyers and Sellers to con Tising win for Google. Earlier this month its advocates including some Mer-1.6 per cent. Government programs and services. Next online and to create what we Hope news corp. Agreed to make Google the chants who have tried it say customers Dan Overall director of policy and Manitoba was also one of five will be a significant Revenue Stream for exclusive search partner for most of its who Call Are ready to buy and Arent just communications for the Manitoba Cham provinces to record a drop in the number both Ebay and Google Ebay inc. Chief Sites including the popular online hang browsing the internet thus search Bers of Commerce said the weak first of payroll employees from May to june executive Meg Whitman said in an inter out . Late last year time engines can charge More ? $2 to $10 or half and year Over year numbers Are a the new Sta scan figures show. The total even More per Call compared with less continuation of a longer term trend in View sunday night. Warner Al agreed to sell a five declined by 0.6 per cent to 534,000 work Google inc. Ceo Eric Schmidt said the per cent stake to Google in a $1-billion-than $1 per Click with traditional search which Manitoba has regularly under ers from 537,400 in May. Agreement with Ebay is Likely to go on us Deal that extends and deepens the ads. Performed most provinces when it comes to earnings growth. . for Many years but he would not Dis ties Between the two ;