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Pilgrim's Pride shuts down several chicken facilities as part of a planto curtail losses amid record-high costs for corn, soybean meal andother feed ingredients and an oversupply of chicken in the UnitedStates.

Samsung and adidas establish a partnership to create miCoach, areal-time training system that, according to the duo, is designed tomotivate, inspire and enable athletes at all levels to reach theirunique training goals.

Cadbury Schweppes plc appoints four new members to the Board ofDirectors of Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (DPSG), its U.S. beveragessubsidiary.

As soon as a prediction of a cold Arctic air mass and snow hits the news, the buying begins. Read on to find out how Campbell Soup Company arms itself with the knowledge to prepare for whatever Mother Nature has in store.

Three years ago, Del Monte Foods deployed demand signal repository software to enhance its demand-driven supply chain management decisions across leading retailers. CGT spoke with Dom Clemente, director of demand planning, and Andy Wojewodka, director, IT business consulting, to discern how the company is currently leveraging data from both a sales and supply chain perspective.

Perry Ellis executive provides CGT Executive Editor Kara Romanow with tips on how to combine great products with the great analytical planning processes and technologies to compete effectively in the fast-turning apparel market.

Recalls can be dangerous for the consumer, but they are also downright detrimental to the consumer goods companies involved as consumers abandon a recalled brand for another in the interim, or worse, for life. CGT asks analysts from AMR Research, Hitachi Consulting and IBM to identify the primary causes of product recalls and how your company can monitor external production operations to thwart those causes.

Sunny Garga, president, Business and Consumer Insights Information Resources Inc. shares his perspective on the current state of analytics as well as future trends.