Unilever Co.

By the time you read this, academy award nominations have been announced or the announcement is only a few days away.

Unilever is partnering with RedPrairie Corporation in the trial of Electronic Product Code Information Service (EPCIS) to collect and access information from within it logistics environment and from trading partners in the supply chain.

Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) sold its Sure deodorant brand to Innovative Brands, the same company that bought Pert shampoo from the company earlier this year.

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."

Church & Dwight Co. Inc. and ACNielsen U.S. form a long-term arrangement designating ACNielsen as its primary provider of marketing information services on a global basis.

One of the largest CG companies undertakes re-branding through Web site revamp

Energizer and Office Furniture USA (a division of Chordus) -- two $5 billion-and-under consumer goods firms -- are positioning their respective companies to truly leverage technology judiciously.

In a move to increase brand awareness and ensure the success of new product launches, Unilever will equip its various U.S. brand Web sites with the Information Resources Inc. (IRI) Product Locator, a web-based tool that helps consumers identify local stores that carry a desired Unilever product.