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Late last year, clothing manufacturer VF Corp. signed a three-year agreement to purchase RFID tags and readers from Alien Technology to identify products in cases and pallets headed to Wal-Mart and other retailers that use RFID.

The No. 2 sports apparel and equipment maker in the world, adidas-Salomon Canada, uses the IBM eServer iSeries platform to gain a competitive edge in its market.

The supply chain is a critical and influential component of your overall business strategy -- typically impacting 75 percent of operating results.

Heineken is taking its promotions to a more responsible level by including a message on all Heineken brand bottles and cans worldwide that invites consumers to visit a newly developed responsible consumption Web site.

A re-cap of the year's must-attend industry event

Even though most diet fads come and go faster than a Britney Spears wedding ceremony, there appears to be one universal mission statement about health that rings true from sea to shining sea: A well-balanced diet and plenty of exercise are key ingredients to a quality life.

Hormel's Competitive Edge Hormel Foods Corporation sinks its teeth into Interactive Edge's XP3 Suite to better analyze syndicated scan and panel data and to automate the updating of its customer business planner.

In October 2002, at the National Association of Convenience Stores, Slim Mints Weight Loss Breath Mints nabbed 82 new customers.