| Barbour Publishing promotes Eric Weisgarber |
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| Written by Eric Tiansay | |
| Tuesday, 03 May 2011 03:08 PM America/New_York | |
 Barbour Publishing has promoted Eric Weisgarber from assistant national accounts manager to national accounts manager.Weisgarber—who has been with Barbour for a year—handled account management and acquisitions within mass market accounts such as Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and Costco. Weisgarber "has stepped up to the plate to learn our business," said Barbour Vice President of Sales Bill Westfall. "He does an excellent job researching new accounts as well as digging deeper with existing accounts to create new opportunities for product placement." |
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