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What works? Why is it working, and, can it be improved? These issues are the focus of LISA’s Global Strategies Summit being held in Boston on May 23-27, 2005. It will be LISA’s 51st conference in which more than 200 professionals involved in the global business of selling products and supporting customers worldwide will come together to gain expertise and exchange ideas.

Starbucks Corporation announced revenues and earnings for its fiscal second quarter ended April 3, 2005. International sales grew more than domestic. Founder and chief global strategist Howard Schultz said separately that “we have been amazed by the global acceptance and visibility of our brand in all our international markets”.

MindMatters added a translator module to its Innovator software system, allowing employees worldwide to collaborate simultaneously in English, French, German, and Japanese. The product includes a multilingual database for viewing information regarding innovations and disclosures in the user’s native language; multilingual collaboration capabilities; and country-specific disclosures of intellectual property laws.