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• Reynolds® Handi-Vac® Vacuum Sealer Achieves Higher Repeat Purchase Rate Than P&G's Swiffer® or Gillette® Fusion™

  - 2008-04-14

  First-of-a-kind handheld vacuum sealer is catalyst for growth in the food bags category

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• P&G's Venus: Goddess to problem-child; Dogged by trademark litigation, beloved brand hasn't grown as hoped.(News)(Procter & Gamble Co.'s Venus Razors and Gillette Mach3 marketing)

  - 2008-01-07

  Byline: JACK NEFF Byline: JACK NEFF

  Tags: brand, Gillette Co., litigation, marketing, Procter & Gamble Co.

• SOLEIL; Susan Lanzarotto.(Special Report: Marketing 50)(BIC USA Inc. BIC Consumer Products Div.)(Brief article)

  - 2007-11-12

  Byline: jack neff Facing off are giant Gillette, backed by even bigger Procter & Gamble Co., and Schick, backed by feisty Energizer Hold- ings. What chance does tiny Bic have? A pretty good one: Amid some of the fiercest competition ever in...

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• ENERGIZER; Jeff Ziminski.(Special Report: Marketing 50)(Energizer Battery Co.)(Brief article)

  - 2007-11-12

  Byline: jack neff The Energizer bunny faced a challenge back in 2005: Rival Gillette's Duracell had just been snapped up by giant Procter & Gamble Co. But, like the slogan, the bunny just kept going. Energizer has picked up one and a...

  Tags: Duracell, Gillette Co., Procter & Gamble Co.

• Proctor & Gamble Co.

  - 2007-10-18

  Headquarters: Cincinnati Founded: 1837 Number of employees: More than 138,000 in more than 80 countries Product reach: More than 180 countries Number of brands: Nearly 300 Well-known brands: Pampers, Tide, Ariel, Always, Whisper, Pantene, Mach3, Bounty, Dawn, Gain, Pringles,...

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• P&G struggles to hang on to top Gillette talent; Merger was supposed to create all-star exec lineup, but big guns keep leaving.(News)(Procter & Gamble Co.)(Gillette Co.)

  - 2007-05-28

  Byline: Jack Neff Byline: Jack Neff

  Tags: Gillette Co., merger, Procter & Gamble Co., talent

• New Balance Names Robert T. DeMartini as Chief Executive Officer

  - 2007-04-17

  BOSTON -- Boston-based New Balance announced today that Robert T. DeMartini has been named the global athletic company's Chief Executive Officer. DeMartini has more than twenty-two years of experience in the consumer products industry, including The Procter & Gamble Company, The Gillette Company and most recently as Group Vice President...

  Tags: Boston, Gillette Co., MARKETING, Procter & Gamble Co., SALES, Strategy, Tyson Foods Inc.

• Procter & Gamble post sharp profit rise on Gillette sales

  - 2007-01-30

  WASHINGTON AFP — US consumer goods leader Procter and Gamble has said that its second-quarter net profits jumped 12 percent from a year earlier, largely due to strong sales in its Gillette razor and batteries subsidiary. P and G reported net profit of 2.862 billion dollars in the October-December...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Gillette Co., Procter & Gamble Co., SALES

• P&G looks set to ride high on the Gillette wave.(FINANCIAL NEWS)(Procter & Gamble Co.)(Brief article)

  - 2007-01-12

  US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble has confirmed it is on target to record between 5-8% organic sales growth for the second quarter ending 31 December 2006. US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble has confirmed it is on target to record between...

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• James M. Kilts Elected to MeadWestvaco Board of Directors

  - 2006-10-27

  RICHMOND, Va. -- MeadWestvaco Corporation's (NYSE: MWV) Board of Directors formally elected James M. Kilts a director of the company effective October 24, 2006. Mr. Kilts' appointment was announced earlier this month. Mr. Kilts is a founding partner of Centerview Partners, New York, an investment banking firm. Mr. Kilts...

  Tags: board, Gillette Co., MeadWestvaco Corp., Procter & Gamble Co., University of Chicago