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Big Brands vs. Private Labels and the Recession

Jenny Darroch | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Colgate-Palmolive, Costco, Store Brands, Brand Strategy, Consumers, Innovation, Kellogg's, Marketing Strategies, Private Labels, Procter & Gamble, Recession, Business News
Jenny Darroch

To compete in the post-recession world, marketers of big-brands will need to focus on excellent execution of brand strategy and stay focused on innovation in order to stay ahead of private labels.

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Lance Armstrong Has A Growth Strategy For You

Mark Payne | Posted 08.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Fahrenheit 212, Google, Strategy, Samsung, Innovation, Economic Growth, Business, Lance Armstrong, Procter & Gamble, Business News
Mark Payne

Armstrong has always believed that the most brutal parts of the course were his best opportunity to create competitive separation. Today, leaders of growth-minded businesses are peddling a parallel dash into The New.

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Innovation's Greatest Guru Doesn't Wear Black Turtlenecks: A.G. Lafley's Legacy

Mark Payne | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Business, A.G. Lafley, Procter & Gamble, Ceos, Business News
Mark Payne

After such a sterling run, CEO A.G. Lafley's departure from P&G stirs an amalgam of feelings -- gratitude ringing the loudest.

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The Dirty Word in Clean

Michael DeJong | Posted 04.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Tom's of Maine, Arm & Hammer, Spray ‘N Wash, Era, Abnormal Hormonal Functions, Joy, Toronto Indoor Air Conference of 1990, Orange Glo, Eco-Savvy, Respiratory Diseases, Dawn, Commercial Cleaning Products, Scrub-Free Cleaners, Parsons' Ammonia, Church and Dwight, Tide, Mr. Clean, SNOBOL Toilet Bowl Cleaner, Murphy’s Oil Soap, $30 Billion U.S. Cleaning Products Market, Death Rate From Cancer, Oxiclean, Ajax, Ivory, Green Alternatives, Procter & Gamble, Abnormal Reproductive Functions, Indoor Environments, National Research Council, Cameo Cleaners, New York State Law, Soap and Detergent Association, Bounce, Softsoap, Swiffer, Brillo, Suavitel, Cheer, Lysol, Dermassage, Electrasol, Vanish, Calgon, Colgate-Palmolive, Kaboom, Resolve, Dreft, Finish, Reckitt-Benckiser, Downy, Cascade, Woolite, Gain, Dynamo, Green News
Michael DeJong

Do common cleaners have toxic ingredients? They might. They might not. But until we know for certain -- who here cares to continue to experiment with the health of their children?

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Procter & Gamble not Practicing What it Preaches on Ad Spending Plans

Jack Myers | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Procter & Gamble, Advertisement, Consumerism, Money, Advertising, Budget, Economy, Economic Crisis, Consumers, Consumer Spending, Wal-Mart, Business News
Jack Myers

As retailers, especially Wal-Mart, struggle to meet forecasts they will require more vendor support funds, which will come directly from manufacturers' ad budgets.

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Murdoch and Polonius: A Subscriber's Report

Martin Nolan | Posted 01.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill Clinton, Robert Bartley, Barney Frank, Bernanke, Fannie Mae, Chris Dodd, Procter & Gamble, Wall Street Journal, Paulson, Freddie Mac, Financial TImes, Rupert Murdoch, New York Times, Fox News, Shakespeare, Bernard Madoff, Whitewater, Ghoogle, Media News
Martin Nolan

In 2008, during the biggest financial news story since 1929, the credibility of the Wall Street Journal's ed page coughed, sputtered, and collapsed.

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Greening Hollywood: Eco-Beauty And Sustainable Skincare (Part 1)

Paige Donner | Posted 08.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Bio-Dynamic, Organic Skincare, Joshua Onysko, 1, Personal Care Products, Truth in Labeling, Environmental Working Group, Formaldehyde, Not Just a Pretty Face, Lead in Lipsticks, 4 Dioxane, Contaminants, California Proposition 65, Fda, Stacy Malkan, Eli Hallliwell, Goji Berries, Totora Tree, Preservatives, Whole Foods, Jurlique, Skindeep, Nordstrom's, Anthropologie, SB 1712, Environment, Pangea Organics, Johnson & Johnson, Estee Lauder, Procter & Gamble, Revlon, Green Living, Green News
Paige Donner

Do we really know what we're buying when we buy "natural" and "certified organic" skincare products? Quite a few experts would insist that no, actually, we do NOT.

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Dunkin' Donuts Brewing Up Trouble

New York Post | HOLLY M. SANDERS, ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Dunkin' Donuts, Doughnut Chain, Sara Lee Foods, Procter & Gamble, Doughnuts, Business News

Dunkin' Donuts, the ubiquitous coffee-and-doughnut chain, is at odds with dissatisfied shop owners who complain the company is watering down the iconi...

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Young Adults Prefer Coffee On The Go, Not From A Can

BusinessWeek | Judith Crown | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Kraft Foods, Coffee, Folgers, Maxwell House, Canned Coffee, Starbucks, Procter & Gamble, Coffee Beans, Business News

Adam Howitt, a 33-year-old British entrepreneur, pecks away on a laptop in the corner of a downtown Chicago Starbucks. He's sipping a tall Sumatra ble...

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