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- 6/12/2008
Royal Sanders Supports Strategic Growth Objectives
Royal Sanders goes live on new enterprise applications in just under five months. - 6/12/2008
Inside the 2008 Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit
June 13, 2008 - The 2008 Consumer Goods Sales and Marketing Summit came to a close Wednesday afternoon, leaving the more than 220 consumer goods executives in attendance with a little more insight into the ever-changing and complex sales and marketing landscape. - 6/11/2008
DemandTec Makes Three New Advancements
DemandTec makes a number of announcements this week, including the launch of a collaborative online platform for retailers and consumer products companies, on-demand access to accurate trade fund balances and a collaboration with Interactive Edge to offer time-saving presentation tool to consumer products firms. - 6/11/2008
Bosch Buys Stanley Works Division
The Bosch Group boosts power tools business with the acquisition of a Stanley Works division. - 6/11/2008
InBev Makes Unsolicited $46B Bid for Maker of Bud
<em><a href="http://www.consumergoods.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=234FFCB1E8DF4FACBAFF60DFFD8AD37C&nm=&type=MultiPublishing&mod=PublishingTitles&mid=A533BDC6582947448BBFA37BFF6394FF&tier=4&id=D21B71D80CF24433A73F6B04D64A77F4"><em>CGT</em></a></em>has followed the <a href="http://www.anheuser-busch.com/Press/ABAcknowledgesinBev.html">Anheuser-Busch </a>and InBev speculation, but according to a press release on the brewer's Web site, the rumors are real. Anheuser-Busch says InBev made an unsolicited buyout offer of $46 billion, or $65 per share. Read on to find out the logistics of the offer, and what the future may hold if these two companies take on the industry together. - 6/11/2008
Kellogg Progresses in Global Health and Nutrition
Kellogg Company reports on the progress it has made in its ongoing health and nutrition initiatives to help consumers successfully manage both sides of the calories in/calories out equation. - 6/11/2008
Oracle Unveils Oracle Demand Signal Repository
Industry research from an analyst firm evaluates Oracle's latest product designed for consumer goods manufacturers. - 6/8/2008
Category Trends Show that CG Companies Dread the "R" Word
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">It's no secret. Prices have gone up, employment has gone down and everyone is feeling the economic pressures of a possible recession.</span> - 6/5/2008
GlaxoSmithKline Acquires Sirtris Pharmaceuticals
GSK acquires Sirtris Pharmaceuticals to establish a presence in the research of a recently discovered class of enzymes. - 6/5/2008
HighJump Software Appoints CEO
New CEO, Timothy Campbell, says that he looks forward to leveraging a foundation for further growth at HighJump.