Finance & Capital Management

In October 2002, at the National Association of Convenience Stores, Slim Mints Weight Loss Breath Mints nabbed 82 new customers.

Pernod SA, the French division of Groupe Pernod-Ricard, manufactures the spirits Pastis 51 (the country's third-ranking brand of aperitifs), Pernod, Suze, Soho and Cafe de Paris, and distributes Groupe Pernod-Ricard brands including Seagram's Gin, Martell, Aberlour and Havana Club.

Mining theValue of Metrics: Home Interiors & Gifts finds a better way to track sales performance

Pierre Foods heats up business intelligence to improve sales and operations

ARC International buffs up the tableware market with PLM

Getting into ship shape

Like so many other companies that sell to mass merchants and department stores, Heyman Corporation, an apparel manufacturer that produces branded clothes like OshKosh B'Gosh, Disney and Warner Brothers, had its fair share of deduction issues.

According to a recent global survey of 650 companies conducted by Deloitte Research, new product revenue contribution is expected to average 34 percent of overall revenue by 2007, up 21 percent from 1998.