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Based on tests led by the manufacturer's In-market Testing for Growth group, Kraft can demonstrate how retailers can profitably improve shelf layouts, merchandising, marketing and servicing strategies.

Whirlpool implements a solution suite from Manhattan Associates to optimize inventory visibility with vendors and trading partners.

The new tool is developed in conjunction with more than 20global suppliers in hopes that it will lay the foundation for an industrystandard.

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CGT presents the most recent crop of consumer goods "Visionaries" -- 10 industry thought leaders who are shaping the future of their respective companies with unprecedented business and technology initiatives. Find out about their biggest accomplishments of late and get a glimpse into the big business initiatives they have on the horizon.

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At closing, P&G assigned its intellectual property related to the Bibsters product to Hamco, including 26 patents and 44 trademarks.

Timberland will re-launch its U.S. Web site and launch multiple European Web sites as part of multiyear agreement that includes technology, order management and customer care services.