It's been about a year since Tesco PLC announced it would enter the United States some time in 2007, and since then there has been much speculation as to how consumer goods companies and retailers will react.
Supporting long-term environmentally sound practices goes by many names -- going green, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, just to name a few.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation elects Thomas J. Mielke, formerly vice president and chief counsel for the company's North Atlantic consumer businesses, as senior vice president of law, government affairs and chief compliance officer.
Samsung Electronics America Inc., a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies, deploys a service management solution from ServiceBench Inc. to optimize the performance of its North American service network.
The Coca-Cola Company joins the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR), a group of companies examining how best to apply human rights principles in the business context.
Private label products are make up 37 percent of products on the shelves, and the number is expected to reach 41 percent in 2008. As a result, CG companies need a new strategy to compete.
