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.
Vision Chain Inc. has released Version 3.5 of its Demand Signal Repository Software Platform. New features include the ability for consumer products companies to deploy the software in a hosted, SAS-70 secure computing environment for retailers who allow their data to be hosted.
Burt's Bees, a manufacturer of earth-friendly natural personal-care products, selects the Atlas Planning Suite by John Galt Solutions to fulfill its forecasting needs.
Burt's Bees, a leading manufacturer of earth-friendly natural personal-care products, selected the Atlas Planning Suite from John Galt Solutions for its forecasting needs.
It's been about a year since Tesco PLC announced it would enter the United States some time in 2007, and since then there has been much speculation as to how consumer goods companies and retailers will react.
Burt's Bees, a leading manufacturer of earth-friendly natural personal-care products, selects the Atlas Planning Suite from John Galt Solutions for its forecasting needs.
Private label products are make up 37 percent of products on the shelves, and the number is expected to reach 41 percent in 2008. As a result, CG companies need a new strategy to compete.
A great deal of vision within the consumer goods industry comes from small to mid-size businesses (SMBs). The following profiles highlight select companies that are poised to breakout of the midmarket and reach that $1 billion mark.
