Finance & Capital Management

Pfizer Inc. reported last month that it will be exploring strategic alternatives for Pfizer Consumer Healthcare (PCH), including retaining, spinning off or selling the business. PCH's well-balanced product portfolio, anchored by key brands Listerine, Benadryl and Visine, contributes to more than $100 million in annual sales.

By re-vamping its trade promotions process, Beech-Nut creates optimal visibility on the basis of demand-driven activity

Welch's is streamlining its business processes with the Oracle E-Business Suite in an effort to compete more profitably in the global market.

A visionary IT strategy complements the new business focus at Sara Lee

As of late, it seems as though a rising number of manufacturers are dumping very profitable business units in order to focus on a core group of products and get business back on track.

IBM embarks on a company-wide initiative that combines its software and industry consulting expertise to help clients better compete in the global economy through uninhibited access to accurate business information.

The UK's largest grocery retailer and the fifth largest retailer in the world, Tesco PLC, intends to enter the United States retail market with a new convenience format, beginning on the West Coast in 2007.

Welch's is streamlining its business processes with the Oracle E-Business Suite in an effort to compete more profitably in the global market.