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Consumer Packaged Goods

Transform Your Company For Growth  -  05 Apr 2008
Forbes,Kimberly Clark shifting from a paper provider to a leader in consumer packaged goods, Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) sextupling its stock in five

Grocery Manufacturers Association Statement Regarding News that ...  -  05 Apr 2008
FOXBusinessThe $2.1 trillion food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry employs 14 million workers, and contributes over $1 trillion in added value to the

Consumer Packaged Goods Producer Deploys Printronix SLPA7000e ...  -  Apr 1, 2008
IT Reseller Online (press release),As a successful, $15-billion-plus producer of consumer packages goods (CPG) ranging from food and beverage to apparel and household products, the company is

Investing in Consumer Packaged Goods: A Global View  -  Mar 31, 2008
Seeking Alpha,The consumer packaged goods [CPG] industry has undergone and will continue to undergo significant changes as consumers become more differentiated,

Google Study Finds Packaged Goods Spots Perform At 'Parity' Online ...  -  Apr 1, 2008
Mediapost.com,...by Joe Mandese, Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008 8:00 AM ET IN AN EFFORT TO CONVINCE big consumer packaged goods marketers once and for all that online media is just as

IRI Trend Watch Report Identifies Key Opportunities for CPG ...  -  Apr 2, 2008
Business Wire (press release),...the leading global provider of consumer, shopper, and market insights for the consumer packaged goods (CPG), retail, and healthcare industries,

Do Consumers Read Product Labels On Today's Consumer Packaged Goods?  -  Mar 19, 2008
Business Wire (press release),Who can blame consumers for being confused or even dazed when it comes to reading, never mind absorbing, the information being disseminated in the media

Bristlecone Introduces Accelerated Demand Planning Service for ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
Market Wire (press release)The consumer packaged goods industry is challenged to reduce costs, while also needing to carry enough inventory to meet constantly-changing consumer demand

GOLIATH Solutions Secures $27M In Funding From Cordjia And The ...  -  Apr 4, 2008
RFID Solutions Online (press release),GOLIATH's solution enables retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to measure consumer response to in-store promotional displays,

Coinstar Appoints Paul Davis As COO - Quick Facts [CSTR]  -  Apr 4, 2008
RTT News,The company said that Davis, who would start his employment at Coinstar on April 7, has nearly 30 years experience in consumer packaged goods and retail

Advertising’s Digital Disconnect  -  Apr 1, 2008
InternetNews.comVenerable names in the consumer packaged goods business, advertising heavyweights like Proctor & Gamble and Unilever, have taken a lot of flack for their

HealthPricer Launches Re-designed Product Page to Enhance Consumer ...  -  Apr 3, 2008
Emediawire (press release),Led by a team of e-commerce veterans, the company has created the search industry's first normalized health Consumer Packaged Goods database.

12 Steps to Success: How to be a Savvy Entrepreneurial Marketer  -  Apr 4, 2008
WRAL.com,With a foundation built on classical consumer packaged goods brand management , Ueng has contributed to five successful consumer and enterprise startups

Google Aims to Gain More Package-Goods Ads  -  Apr 2, 2008
AdAge.com (subscription)Kevin Kells, the web giant's national industry director-consumer packaged goods, shared a study conducted with Harris Interactive yesterday at the

Home & Garden Advertisers Tap Into 9.4 Million Monthly Unique ...  -  Apr 3, 2008
FOXBusinessThe Move home enthusiast audience is appropriate for advertising from automotive, retail, consumer packaged goods, financial services, telecommunications,

ConAgra's New Recipe  -  Mar 27, 2008
BusinessWeekWall Street had been expecting the divestiture as the company under CEO Gary Rodkin attempts to remake itself as a force in consumer packaged goods.

Click Tactics changes name to ClickSquared  -  Apr 1, 2008
Bizjournals.com,ClickSquared said the firm specializes in banking & financial services, cable & telecommunications, consumer packaged goods, retail and travel

Executive Recruiter News Ranks Herbert Mines Associates Tenth ...  -  Apr 3, 2008
Earthtimes,...growth by recruiting executives from outside the fashion and apparel industries and expanding into new sectors such as consumer packaged goods.

Report: Some consumers would do away with packaging  -  Mar 17, 2008
BizReport...retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers to protect the environment,� said Shuchi Sethi, vice president, Nielsen Customized Research.

New ventures case series: Stuck on the Shelf  -  Apr 1, 2008
Financial Post,Large consumer-packaged-goods firms dominate the market, with Kellogg's, General Mills, Quaker Oats and Kraft Foods controlling more than three-quarters of

JD Power Buys Umbria, Buzz Monitoring Firm  -  Apr 2, 2008
ClickZ News,Some of those categories, including consumer packaged goods and media & entertainment, are new to JD Power. Umbria's price point for individual projects

Challenges & Opportunities: Insights to Take Advantage of the ...  -  Mar 31, 2008
Pallet Enterprise,The new design has been tested with big box retailers and consumer packaged goods companies. Jon Holthaus, sales manager for Worthington Steelpac,

Manufacturing Insights Finds Machine-to-Machine Communication ...  -  Apr 3, 2008
Earthtimes,...goods across markets, including discrete manufacturing, process manufacturing, high tech/electronics manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, and retail.

Daily Briefing  -  Mar 31, 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution,Yahoo said advertisers in consumer-packaged goods, retail and pharmaceuticals have requested more ways to reach those consumers. Washington —- IBM Corp. has

In Economic Downturn, 67% Plan More Coupon Use  -  Apr 2, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),...data communication solutions and analytic services for the consumer packaged goods (CPG), over the counter (OTC), pharmaceutical, market research,

Int’l News: DNS Arrow enters into distribution agreement with ...  -  Mar 31, 2008
CTR,...including blue-chip companies across an array of industries such as technology, retail, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, consumer packaged goods,

Tumbleweed Named Finalist For eWEEK Channel Insider Product of the ...  -  Apr 3, 2008
WELT ONLINE,...including blue-chip companies across an array of industries such as Technology, Retail, Finance, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Consumer Packaged Goods,

Cognex hosts machine vision seminars  -  Apr 3, 2008
Automation.com (press release),...systems for automated inspection tasks in the automotive, pharmaceutical, food, beverage, consumer packaged goods, medical, and electronics industries.

Size Doesn't Matter  -  Mar 23, 2008
MEDIAWEEKAccording to Prospectiv's 2007 Consumer Packaged Goods poll, 70 percent of respondents said they research every day products online, with the majority

OMG! Ads Trgt TiVo Usrs + Txtrs  -  Apr 3, 2008
NewTeeVee,Swapping a media conglomerate for a consumer-packaged-goods conglomerate was no big deal in his mind; it’s just the reality of modern production.

Marten Transport, Ltd. Announces Timing of Earnings Release  -  Apr 3, 2008
Primenewswire (press release),Marten specializes in transporting food and other consumer packaged goods that require a temperature-sensitive or insulated environment.

Inforte Joins Business Objects' Partner Program  -  Apr 3, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),...to customers worldwide across all major industries, including financial services, retail, consumer-packaged goods, healthcare and public sector.

InfoWorld Daily Podcast  -  Apr 1, 2008
InfoWorld,Whether it's for consumer packaged goods, high tech electronics, industrial manufacturing, or automotive demand, sales forecasts.

Post-Merger, Click Tactics and Intrasight Rebrand as ClickSquared  -  Apr 2, 2008
Direct,ClickSquared’s primary markets include banking and financial services; cable and telecommunications; consumer packaged goods, retail and travel and

Yahoo launches site for women  -  Apr 3, 2008
Galway Advertiser,Yahoo said advertisers in consumer-packaged goods, retail and pharmaceuticals have requested more ways to reach those consumers. Amy Iorio, vice president

Yahoo hopes women will home in on new site  -  Apr 1, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,That could be valuable to advertisers, particularly in the consumer packaged goods, pharmaceuticals and retail categories. Those three combined are expected

Sustainable Packaging: Cost vs. Price  -  Mar 16, 2008
GreenBiz,These perceptions open the door for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) manufacturers to quietly raise prices. Today I confirmed what I already suspected.

Supermarkets -- Are They On The Endangered Species List?  -  Mar 30, 2008
HealthNewsDigest.com,Instead of the typical 2 trips per week to the supermarket, today’s consumer uses 5 to 7 different consumer packaged goods outlets.

OATSystems Announces Record Q4 Results and Strong Sales of ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
Earthtimes,...a sizable license and maintenance contract with a consumer packaged goods firm and also added a large department store chain to its customer base.

Yahoo launches site for ladies  -  Mar 31, 2008
Scenta.co.uk,Advertisers in consumer-packaged goods, retail and pharmaceuticals are expected to spend out in order to reach Shine's audience. "These women were sort of

Fish Consulting Adds JuiceBlendz International to Client Roster  -  Mar 31, 2008
FOXBusinessFish, an IFA Supplier Forum Member, serves a wide-range of clients across a variety of industries including franchising, retail, consumer packaged goods,

Yahoo Launches Site For Women To 'Shine'  -  Mar 31, 2008
InformationWeek,The company predicts popularity among advertisers for consumer packaged goods, pharmaceuticals, and retail. The company cited an analysis by TNS Media

» Sr. Analyst/Manager, Account Sales Planning (Brash Entertainment)  -  Apr 2, 2008
Next Generation,3 – 5 years experience in Sales Planning or Sales/Marketing Analysis, in the consumer packaged goods or entertainment industries.

Tumbleweed Announces Preliminary First Quarter Results Exceeded ...  -  Apr 2, 2008
WELT ONLINE,...including blue-chip companies across an array of industries such as Technology, Retail, Finance, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Consumer Packaged Goods,

RFID Promotions Tracking Provider Gets $27M Funding  -  Apr 2, 2008
RFID Update,In particular, the company has gained a lot of traction among consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers, who pay a subscription fee for access to the

Goliath Gets Big Investment  -  Apr 1, 2008
Daily Research News Online,More than 40 leading consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies currently subscribe to its data. ‘With the funding, we will move to quickly fulfil our contract

Yahoo launches website for women  -  Mar 31, 2008
CosmeticsDesign.com,The company said Shine will be especially attractive to advertisers in the consumer packaged goods sector. Yahoo is one of the leading search engines and

InfoWorld Daily Podcast  -  Apr 2, 2008
InfoWorld,Whether it's for consumer packaged goods, high tech electronics, industrial manufacturing, or automotive demand, sales forecasts.

ISCEA to Offer Supply Chain Education at RFID Journal LIVE! 2008  -  Apr 2, 2008
RFID Journal,...can deliver real benefits in the aerospace/defense, manufacturing, retail/consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, and supply chain/logistics industries.

Core-Mark Completes Strategic Review, Board of Directors ...  -  Mar 14, 2008
CNNMoney.comCore-Mark services traditional convenience retailers, grocers, drug, liquor and specialty stores, and other stores that carry consumer packaged goods.



Government site resources
The Committee on Energy and Commerce

A recent report by AMR Research on the supply chain results achieved by early adopters of RFID technology in the retail and consumer packaged goods

The Committee on Energy and Commerce

We, along with others, funded research on the potential of using RFID in the retail and consumer packaged goods sector. We began testing in 2000 and



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