Nike, Inc.

U.S. companies will increase their ERP budgets by 11.3 percent in 2007, says AMR Research's newly released the "Enterprise Resource Planning Spending Report, 2006-2007."

PING stays on top by bringing innovative products to market

Nike Brand President Charlie Denson recently announced management and organizational changes designed to strengthen alignment of the Nike brand with geographic growth opportunities and core global product categories and consumer segments.

Earlier this week, consumer goods executives convened at The Coleman Center in New York City to discuss pain points and lessons learned at the second CGT Connects event, titled "Best Practices for Becoming Demand Driven".

Keep an eye on these leading-edge IT innovators in 2006

In its attempts to better compete with industry leader Nike, adidas-Salomon AG will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Reebok International Ltd. for approximately $3.8 billion.

Even though the following IT firms did not land a coveted spot on this year's Reader's Choice list, Consumer Goods Technology would be remiss by not bringing them front and center.

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