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• 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.

• Former Venture owner acquiring Mayco; Winget rebuilding modest holdings in auto suppliers.(Mayco Plastics Inc.)(Larry Winget)(NJT Enterprises LLC)

  - 2006-10-23

  Byline: Rhoda Miel Injection molder Mayco Plastics Inc. and its 500 employees will have a fresh start in the auto industry, under new ownership led by an automotive supplier creating his own second chance. NJT Enterprises LLC, controlled by Larry Winget, is...

  Tags: bankruptcy, Detroit, Ford Motor Co., Gillette Co., Litigation, Manufacturing, MARKETING, Strategy, supplier

• Route to a brand's best strategy: new findings challenge the belief that market share alone correlates with profitability. Bain & Company's analysis of 200 brands shows that products at the high end stand to earn considerably more with a smaller share

  - 2005-03-22

  Conventional wisdom holds that market share alone determines profitability for branded consumer products. But that masks the full story. Consider what happened to The Gillette Co. after its main competitor Bic introduced low-cost disposable razors sold by the bag in the mid-1970s. Gillette, the global leader in razors, responded with...

  Tags: analysis, Bain & Co., brand, Branding, Europe, Gillette Co., MARKETING, razor, strategy

• Don't laugh at gilded butterflies - Business innovation.(How big companies innovate)

  - 2004-04-24

  Rather than chasing wonder new products, big companies should focus on making lots of small improvements THE Gillette company's website flashes out a message to the e-visitor: "Innovation is Gillette", it claims. There are few big companies that would not like to make a...

  Tags: Gillette Co., innovation, Leadership, Southwest Airlines Co., Strategy

• Acting Head of Boston-Based Gillette Co. to Stick to Strategy.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

  - 2000-10-23

  Oct. 24--Less than a week after the board of Gillette Co. ousted Michael C. Hawley, its new acting chief executive said yesterday there would be no radical changes from the strategy the Boston-based company previously outlined to regain its momentum. Oct. 24--Less than a week after...

  Tags: Gillette Co., strategy

• Alive and kicking: the death of the multinational has been much exaggerated. (global corporations)(Survey of Multinationals)

  - 1995-06-24

  Competition has created the global company and is responsible for its continued presence. Successful management of such companies allows longer product and machinery life, as well as reduced costs associated with development and marketing.RUNNING a multinational is a difficult job, and getting harder. Not only are big companies getting...

  Tags: alliance, Companies, Ford Motor Co., Gillette Co., knowledge, multinational, Strategy, survey