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- 4/16/2008
British American Tobacco Better Manages Market Share
Following a 2005 merger, British American Tobacco Belgium instigated and implemented a major project to improve business information across the supply chain, drive increased sales and ultimately increase market share. - 4/16/2008
Cadbury Adds to Dr Pepper Snapple group Board
Cadbury Schweppes plc appoints four new members to the Board ofDirectors of Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (DPSG), its U.S. beveragessubsidiary. - 4/16/2008
An Intelligent Approach
In a fast-growing global market, Toshiba America Elecrtonic Components Inc. needs to help employees work smarter by giving them the information they need - when they need it, and how they want to see it. The company recently decided to invest in a comprehensive business intelligence solution for easy-to-access, up-to-the-minute data and analytic information. - 4/16/2008
Samsung and adidas to Take on Apple and Nike
Samsung and adidas establish a partnership to create miCoach, areal-time training system that, according to the duo, is designed tomotivate, inspire and enable athletes at all levels to reach theirunique training goals. - 4/16/2008
Speed to Action
Three years ago, Del Monte Foods deployed demand signal repository software to enhance its demand-driven supply chain management decisions across leading retailers. CGT spoke with Dom Clemente, director of demand planning, and Andy Wojewodka, director, IT business consulting, to discern how the company is currently leveraging data from both a sales and supply chain perspective. - 4/16/2008
Pilgrim's Pride Shuts Down Several Chicken Facilities
Pilgrim's Pride shuts down several chicken facilities as part of a planto curtail losses amid record-high costs for corn, soybean meal andother feed ingredients and an oversupply of chicken in the UnitedStates. - 4/16/2008
Campbell Soup Proactively Manages Sales When Weather Strikes
As soon as a prediction of a cold Arctic air mass and snow hits the news, the buying begins. Read on to find out how Campbell Soup Company arms itself with the knowledge to prepare for whatever Mother Nature has in store. - 4/16/2008
Tropicana Unveils Super-Premium Juice
Tropicana Products Inc., a division of PepsiCo Inc., unveils TropicanaPure Valencia 100 percent orange juice, a national first from thiscompany. - 4/16/2008
Pepsi to Buy Russian Juice Leader for Expansion
PepsiCo and The Pepsi Bottling Group agree to jointly acquire a 75.53percent stake in Russia's leading branded juice company, JSCLebedyansky, excluding the company's baby food and mineral waterbusiness, for $ 1.4 billion. - 4/16/2008
Hallmark Unveils First Adhesive Gift Wrap
Hallmark Cards Inc., a company in the gift wrap industry for 91 years, introduces its newest innovation: Adhesive Gift Wrap.