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Science-based products and services company DuPont names Linda B. West as vice president and general manager -- DuPont Imaging Technologies, and Donna H. Grier as vice president -- general auditor and chief ethics and compliance officer

Seventh Generation Inc., a brand of nontoxic, environmentally safe household and personal care products, has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years, generated by distribution and consumer demand for its "green" products.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, an indirect subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc., is the latest addition to a growing list of consumer goods companies, which are outsourcing non-core operations to third party providers in order to strengthen leadership in their respective industries.

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc successfully completed its acquisition of Adams Respiratory Therapeutics Inc. through a cash tender offer followed by a short- form merger of its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Twickenham Inc., with and into Adams.

To help expand its online business for its growing product lines, Spanx, a women's hosiery and shapewear company, signs a multiyear agreement with GSI Commerce for a full-service, integrated e-commerce solution.

Lowry Computer Products launches the Lowry Quick Comply Kits, a complete suite of products designed for suppliers to comply to RFID mandates from Sam's Club, and other large retailers.

Kara Romanow asks Stephen Marosi, the IT manager of Global Merchandising Solutions for The Procter & Gamble Company, to offer his take on the current state of retail execution.

Challenges, imperatives and trends for 2008