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  • 12/2/2012

    Iconix Acquires Umbro for $225M

    With this acquisition, the company's brands will generate approximately $13 billion in retail sales globally, with more than $2.5 billion attributable to the company's portfolio of athletic brands.<br />
  • 12/2/2012

    Retailers/Manufacturers Reveal Top Collaboration Trends

    Succeeding in the market today is closely tied to how well retailers and manufacturers respond to evolving consumer needs. In the 2012 Shared Strategy Report, CGT offers several compelling examples of collaboration between consumer goods manufacturers and retailers that are designed to deliver improved customer service. Read on for an exclusive preview of research findings on Big Data, Mobility and Product Quality.<br />
  • 12/2/2012

    Nestle Completes Acquisition of Pfizer Nutrition

    The integration process of Pfizer Nutrition into Nestle Nutrition, that will see approximately 4,500 employees of Pfizer Nutrition join the Nestle Group, is underway.<br />
  • 11/29/2012

    Kraft Adopts Mobile Barcode Solutions

    A new licensing arrangement will support the company's mobile initiatives and help it to stay on top of emerging technologies popular with consumers.<br />
  • 11/28/2012

    New Use Cases, Executive Buy-In, Non-POS Data Integration and More

    Members of the CGT Downstream Data Share Group met in Orlando, Fla., during the Consumer Goods Business and Technology Leadership Conference on October 23, 2012. In addition to continuing work on the use case matrix, the group tacked various topics including integration and use of non-POS data. <br />
  • 11/27/2012

    Coty Gains Regional VP from L'Oreal

    Coty Inc. announced the appointment of Marc Rey as president, Coty Prestige U.S., and regional vice president, Coty Prestige, North America, starting Jan. 2, 2013.<br />
  • 11/27/2012

    ConAgra to Acquire Ralcorp for $4.95B

    The transaction creates one of the largest packaged food companies in North America, with sales of approximately $18 billion annually. It will also position ConAgra Foods as the largest private label packaged food business in North America, with combined private label sales of approximately $4.5 billion.<br />
  • 11/27/2012

    Hormel Achieves $2B in New Product Sales

    The most successful new products include Hormel party trays, Hormel Natural Choice deli meats, Hormel Compleats microwave meals and Jennie-O Turkey Store oven ready items and turkey burgers.<br />
  • 11/27/2012

    Cyber Monday Sales Rise 30%, Beat Estimates

    Holiday shoppers turned Cyber Monday into the biggest spending day ever with online sales growing 30.3 percent over the same period last year. What's more, nearly one in five consumers used mobile devices to reach retailers' web sites a whopping 70 percent increase over last year. Meanwhile, m-commerce sales experienced a 96 percent jump over Cyber Monday 2011.<br />
  • 11/27/2012

    Barilla Selects Microsoft Cloud Platform for Productivity

    With more than 13,000 employees around the world, a need arose for the company to profoundly evolve the way Barilla people communicate, collaborate and interact.<br />