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- 12/4/2007
GSI Commerce Acquires Zendor.com, Boosts Presence in Europe
E-commerce solutions provider GSI Commerce Inc. signs a definitive agreement to acquire Zendor.com Ltd., a Manchester, U.K.-based provider of fulfillment, customer care and e-commerce solutions, for approximately $7.9 million in cash. - 12/4/2007
EPIC Introduces GDSN Perfect Measure System
EPIC Group - Global Technology introduces Hawkeye GDSN Perfect Measure Systems for suppliers and retailers that are addressing inaccurate measurements and weights for warehouse and shelf sets. - 12/4/2007
Smart Balance and Others Advance TPM Programs
Smart Balance, the makers of low fat, heart healthy buttery spreads and other foods, along with Alacer Corporation, a world leader in Vitamin C Technology; Kettle Foods, the maker of all natural, hand-cooked Kettle brand potato chips; and Quaker Maid Meats, a provider of frozen sandwich steaks and other frozen meat products, have set plans in motion to enhance their trade promotion management strategies this month. - 12/4/2007
Pepsico Tackles North American Transportation Sourcing Challenges
PepsiCo's North American truckload network includes all inbound and outbound truckload shipments for Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay North America and Pepsi Cola North America, consisting of 8,000 lanes of traffic and a multi-million dollar spend. - 12/4/2007
Hershey Chief Growth Officer Resigns
In order to work on ventures that leverage strategic consumer insights and innovation, Thomas K. Hernquist, senior vice president, global chief growth officer, will resign from The Hershey Company, effective December 31, 2007. - 12/4/2007
Brookshire Grocery Focuses on Everyday Pricing, Promotion
Brookshire Grocery renews its agreement for DemandTec on-demand software. - 12/4/2007
CSC Betters Small and Midsize Wholesaler Performance
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) introduces SmartStart for Wholesale Distribution, a new business management offering designed to maximize the performance of small and midsize wholesale distributors. - 11/30/2007
Executive Insight
Industry executives from ConAgra Foods,Organic Valley Family of Farms and Welch's (right) weigh in on the current state of trade promotion management (TPM), including spending trends,obstacles to adoption and progress made in the consumer goods sector. - 11/30/2007
Consumer Goods Fall Conference
The ninth annual Consumer Goods Fall Conference brought more than 180 consumer goods business and IT executives to The Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Fla., on October 21-24.