Strategy

Colgate-Palmolive Company announces the appointment of four key executives to senior leadership positions.

Levi Strauss & Co. is expanding its RFID strategy to improve inventory management and enrich the customer purchasing experience by expediting the checkout process -- especially during peak seasons.

PepsiAmericas Inc. and PepsiCo complete the joint purchase of 80 percent of Sandora LLC, a leading juice company in Ukraine.

Smart Balance, manufacturer of Smart Balance buttery spreads, popcorn, oils, cooking sprays, peanut butter, mayonnaise and cheese products, and Earth Balance butter spreads and shortening, appoints Acosta as its sales and marketing agency in the United States.

E-commerce solutions provider GSI Commerce Inc. signs a definitive agreement to acquire Accretive Commerce Inc.

Hot Topic selects several Lawson Business Intelligence (BI) modules, part of the Lawson S3 Enterprise Performance Management Suite.

Masco, a manufacturer of home improvement and building products, is using a software application from Centric Software to capture new product ideas and guide contributions through a standard process that is specifically designed to filter out the best ideas and identify ideas worthy of patenting.

Dole Food Company Inc.'s operating subsidiary, Standard Fruit de Costa Rica, and Fondo Nacional de Financiamento Forestal (FONAFIFO), the National Forestry Financing Fund and an entity of the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, are working together to establish a carbon neutral product supply chain for bananas and pineapples from its production in Costa Rica to the markets in North America and Europe.