Strategy

The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) was awarded $19.25 million after winning a jury trial on March 16, 2007, in Federal District Court in Salt Lake City, Utah, against four Amway distributors for spreading false rumors about the company to advance their own business.

Brown-Forman Corporation places a premium on managing its brand assets and interactive content, deeming these to be critical to engaging customers with information that educates, involves and entertains.

Altria Group Inc. announces the distribution ratio for its previously announced spin off of Kraft Foods Inc. Altria shareholders received approximately 0.69 of a share of Kraft for each share of Altria common stock held.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. released the initial results of its Packaging Scorecard, which evaluates Wal-Mart and Sam's Club suppliers on the sustainability of their packaging and offers suggestions for improvement.

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company announces that Jan Valentic has joined the company as senior vice president, Marketing.

Bare Escentuals, one of the fastest growing premium cosmetic companies in the United States, is using the Oracle E-Business Suite to establish a platform for long-term growth while also addressing immediate business needs around improved inventory visibility and operational efficiency.

Welch's determined that its internal IT staff was needed to implement and support a new Oracle ERP solution, leaving insufficient resources to maintain and support its existing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system. Rather than hire additional staff to manage the EDI system, Welch's elected to outsource this capability to SPS Commerce, a trading partner integration center offering fully outsourced EDI and Catalog functions.

Ward Klein, chief executive officer of Energizer Holdings Inc., has been elected to the Board of Directors of Brown Shoe Company Inc.