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Operations manager Allan Barr explains how the consumer products giant uses demand signal management to win at the shelf.

A Web-based business intelligence solution now gives employees access to customer data to devise better sales strategies and chase opportunities.

Wells' Dairy expands the company's virtualized environment to form the basis of a more efficient IT infrastructure and increase the cost savings it had already achieved.

The launch includes bath tissue, towels, napkins and flushable wipes products made to deliver environmental benefits.

Consumer ratings and pricing power were combined with financial analysis in a new report to determine the top 20 most competitive consumer goods companies of 2009.

The transaction includes the Wild Turkey brands, along with American Honey liqueur, distillery facilities in Kentucky and related assets, together with aged bulk bourbon inventory.

Combining the capabilities and expertise of both companies, the new firm will develop the overall business strategy for Diageo premium brands to be sold by Kirin in Japan.

The creation of this role supports one of the company's stated strategic areas of focus: profitably growing the commercial business channel.