Consumer companies often need to transform critical elements of their businesses. But change projects test organizations-pushing skills, resources, and comfort levels to their limits. The paper explains how the outcome of change initiatives comes down to four elements: the duration of the project; the integrity of the team; the organizational...
An effort to slash expenses and boost profitability, consumer companies are writing off many of the e-business initiatives they approved during the past three years. Usually, however, they embark on this exercise without a clear sense of which projects to kill and which to keep. As a result, most companies...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Safeway Launches Events and Fundraising for Prostate Cancer CampaignC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Safeway is kicking off its annual prostate cancer fundraising and awareness campaign this week. The company said this marks the eighth consecutive year that Safeway...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Nielsen and NMI Analysis: Green Consumers Spend More in Warehouse ClubsC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The Nielsen Company and the Natural Marketing Institute have unveiled results connecting green consumers attitudes to their shopping behavior. The analysis was...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Safeway and Warner Bros. Consumer Products Team to Deliver New Food Line for ChildrenC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Safeway and Warner Bros. Consumer Products have announced a partnership to create a "better-for-you" line of food products for children....
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Nielsen Reports on Consumer Goods Categories That Are Most Immune, Most Vulnerable to RecessionC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com As the economic downturn causes consumers to reprioritize their spending habits and forces consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers to reevaluate their...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WE'VE I HEARD so much about green information technology' IT, initiatives recently you'd be forgiven for thinking that everybody had this under control. You might be surprised to learn that storage vendor ONStor found that 58 per cent of the companies they surveyed were either still...
IMG Licensing, a division of global sportsand entertainment company IMG, today announced it has been selected as theexclusive North American consumer product and brand licensor for theinternationally known, multi-billion dollar "Chicken Soup for the Soul"brand. Originally launched in 1993, "Chicken Soup for the Soul" began as a seriesof books featuring...
Forbes Medi-Tech Inc. (TSX: FMI)(NASDAQ: FMTI) ("Forbes" or "Company") announced the introduction of an innovative processed cheese slice containing the Company's proprietary cholesterol-lowering ingredient, ReducolTM. Available through the Pirkka ReducolTM product range - jointly developed by Kesko Food and Scanvit Ltd. - the processed cheese slices will initially be available...
Sparta Commercial Services, Inc. (OTCBB: SRCO)a national provider of consumer finance solutions to the powersportsindustry, today announced the release of iPLUS® Version 2.0, the newestversion of the company's software platform with fully automated creditdecisioning, underwriting, contracting, and dealer messaging for thepowersports industry. The New York-based financial services company specializes...
Companies Expect Consumer Ease in Product Selection of Computer Hardware, Software Online DENVER -- Etilize, Inc., the market leader in aggregated product data solutions, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Microsoft, Corp. to include "Microsoft Office Ready" information in their product specification database and...
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner recognized by Inc. magazine for substantial sales growth GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Customer Effective, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and implementer of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, announced its recent inclusion in the 2008 Inc. 500 list. Customer Effective ranked 266 on the list. With this recognition,...
Interactive Programs Launch for Digital Transition Awareness Month MINNEAPOLIS -- Best Buy, the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer, today announced the launch of two new digital programs to help prepare consumers for the analog to digital broadcast transition DTV taking place on February 17, 2009. The microsite, www.askablueshirt.com,...
Retaining Separate Identities for Enterprise and Consumer Services in Current Environment CHENNAI, India -- Sify Technologies Limited (Nasdaq: SIFY) announced today its decision to defer the merger of its subsidiary Sify Communications. With the Board decision on Wednesday 20th August 2008 to this effect, Sify Communications, which holds...
Company Joins Industry Leaders to Bring Demonstrated Interoperability and XML Expertise to Project SALT LAKE CITY -- Orange Legal Technologies, a leading provider of one source litigation, audit, and investigation support services for law firms and corporations seeking insight on electronically stored information, today announced its involvement in...
Three Key Upcoming Events Set to Highlight Diamond's Expertise CHICAGO -- Partners from Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, Inc. (NASDAQ: DTPI) will speak at three upcoming events about the opportunities facing the healthcare industry--ranging from the impact of retiring Baby Boomers' to predictive modeling strategies for health plans....
Ranks No. 2,539 on Inc. 5,000, Second Year Straight on List AUSTIN, Texas NEW YORK -- In a year when the women's fashion businesses have struggled, Farylrobin Footwear continues to be one of the fastest-growing private companies in America. For the second year running, the women's fashion footwear...
Specialty Bakers, Inc., which has had atradition of customer excellence since 1901, puts its baked goods on grocershelves across the country. The company recently deployed IT backup andrecovery software from Acronis Inc. ( http://www.acronis.com ) resulting inuninterrupted customer service and protection of information that keeps thebusiness running. To reduce...
Top Digital Media Experts Will Share Their Experience and Insight ATLANTA -- Venture Atlanta 2008, the premier investor showcase for emerging technology companies in Georgia, today announced it will feature a panel discussion by digital media experts at its October inaugural conference. Panel members will discuss trends in...
WalletPop names the celebs who have become "nearly synonymous" with their brands NORWALK, Conn. -- Ten years ago, consumers first heard William Shatner proclaim that priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) www.priceline.com would be "bigOreally big." That decade of association has paid off. AOL's personal finance site WalletPop www.walletpop.com has named...
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