Corporate Governance

The Procter & Gamble Company announces that beginning in September it will convert its entire portfolio of liquid laundry detergents to a "2X" concentrated formulation.

Denise L. Ramos resigns from her post as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Furniture Brands International Inc. to accept the position of Chief Financial Officer at ITT Corporation.

Campbell Soup Company is using QlikTech's QlikView, its flagship business intelligence software solution to improve its supply chain management, to enable employees to analyze corporate data in innovative ways to improve inventory control and ensure the right product mix is available to customers at the right time.

Abercrombie and Fitch deploys Oracle Retail to create and implement a strategy for long-term growth.

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company Inc. names Douglas Palmer, Safeway's former vice president of consumer brands, as vce president of its own brands.

Mars Incorporated plans to unify its regional corporate brands under the single corporate brand name, Mars.

Crocs Inc. enters into a licensing agreement with Marvel Entertainment Inc. to produce Crocs footwear and Jibbitz charms featuring characters ripped from the pages of Marvel's comic books, including Captain America, The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man and The X-Men.

In yet another acquisition move, Oracle makes a definitive agreement to buy Agile Software Corporation, a provider of product lifecycle management solutions (PLM), through a cash merger for $8.10 per share, or approximately $495 million.