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Supplier Diversity: Who's Doing and Marketing it Well? And Does it Sacrifice Savings?

Supplier diversity is imperative in a global, multi-cultural business market, but it can be challenging to reconcile supplier diversity initiatives with cost-cutting initiatives. According to a 2006 study by The Hackett Group, companies can expand their supplier diversity programs without sacrificing savings. So who's doing it well, and how...

Tags: Lori Deschene, Marketing, Channel Management, Tier, DiversityInc, Supplier Diversity, Procurement, Supplier

Blog posts 2007-12-19

Foreign Suppliers Drugging Children; Parents Want to Buy American

You may be sick of hearing the words "toy recall" by now, but this one's a little too scary not to mention. Aqua Dots or Bindeez in Australia, a popular holiday toy distributed by Toronto-based Spin Master Toys, isn't living up to its "toy of the year" status. Unless you classify...

Tags: Lori Deschene, Marketing, Channel Management, Coma, Supplier, Bead

Blog posts 2007-11-08

Wal-Mart Fights Criticism With Action

Last year, Wal-Mart's PR Chief Leslie Dach commented that every crisis is an opportunity, and that the public responds to what a company actually does -- not what a press release suggests will occur. When it comes to labor conditions in foreign factories, Wal-Mart put its money where its mouth...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Public Relations, Channel Management, Supplier, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Lori Deschene

Blog posts 2007-08-16