Packaging

To offer better consumer experience, stronger shelf presence, enhanced economics and a reduced impact on the environment, MeadWestvaco Corporation enters into a licensing agreement for Natralock security packaging products with Packaging Graphics LLC, a division of The MATLET Group.

According to the Associated Press, The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. will not advertise its brands in newspapers or consumer magazines next year.

Converse Inc. and Target Corporation reach an innovative partnership agreement to offer One Star vintage-inspired sport lifestyle apparel and footwear, available exclusively at Target stores nationwide beginning in February 2008.

Campbell Soup Company lined grocery store shelves nationwide this month with its limited edition pink and white cans of condensed soup in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The Haagen-Dazs Flavor Search and the next limited edition flavor to be added to the Haagen-Dazs ice cream lineup is Caramelized Pear and Toasted Pecan, created by Leslie Zoerb of Buffalo, N.Y.

The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company's Orbit, Extra and Eclipse sugar-free chewing gums have earned the American Dental Association (ADA) Seal of Acceptance. Orbit, Extra and Eclipse are the first gums in the United States to earn this recognition because they are clinically proven to help fight cavities, strengthen teeth and reduce harmful plaque acids.

Mountain Dew AMP Energy, along with the Army National Guard, will sponsor Dale Earnhardt Jr. when the popular stock-car driver joins Hendrick Motorsports for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series campaign.

Necessity may be "The Mother of Invention", but being a productive, resourceful and entrepreneurial mom takes a little more than that these days.