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- 1/7/2013
Reckitt Benckiser Unveils betterbusiness Strategy
RB announces its new goals upon the early achievement of its highly-successful Carbon 20 program.<br /> - 1/7/2013
10 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2013
Serving a consumer market can be tricky and a bit frustrating at times. Just when you think you are on top of the hottest trend, its over, and three hotter trends have popped up in its place. Consumer goods companies that understand these 10 crucial consumer trends will have plenty of opportunity to profit before they slip away. <br /> - 1/7/2013
Inventure Foods Expands Brand Portfolio
<div>The specialty food manufacturer enters into a licensing agreement with Vidalia Brands Inc., to develop a new line of prepackaged snacks for vending, grocery and convenience store distribution.</div><br /> - 1/7/2013
Sport Obermeyer Implements Global Software Suite
<div>The skiwear fashion company aims to boost productivity and performance with NGC Softwares fully-integrated software suite.</div><br /> - 1/7/2013
Sanofi's Chattem Acquires Rolaids Brand
<div>The product acquisition is expected to further strengthen the Consumer Healthcare division of Sanofi U.S.</div><br /> - 1/3/2013
Unilever Agrees to Sell Skippy Brand
Unilever will sell its global Skippy business to Hormel Foods for a total cash consideration of approximately $700 million.<br /> - 1/3/2013
Dean Foods Completes Sale of Morningstar
As a result of this transaction, Dean Foods expects to realize approximately $887 million in proceeds, net of taxes and expenses.<br /> - 1/1/2013
Kraft Extends ERP Contract with IBM
Kraft Foods extends its engagement with IBM to build borderless operations through a single enterprise resource planning platform from SAP.<br /> - 1/1/2013
Top 5 Health Trends to Watch in 2013
The growth of food waste consciousness, mini-meals, gluten-free products and mainstream veganism top the consumer health trends expected to make headlines in 2013. Certainly, they will each have major implications for marketers and retailers looking to sway consumer opinion in the new year and beyond. Is your company on top of these trends?<br /> - 1/1/2013
Starbucks Adds Teavana to Emerging Brands
Starbucks acquired Teavana for an aggregate acquisition price of approximately $620 million in cash.<br />