IT Integration

In this time of economic uncertainty, many consumer goods companies are spinning off sections of their businesses to better concentrate on their main or most well-known products. Kraft Foods has had intentions for about a year now to merge its Post cereals with Ralcorp. Read on to find out if this merger will be a tax-efficient transaction to benefit Kraft and its shareholders.

Diageo President John Council says he is pleased to make another significant advancement following a new Guinness brewery constructed in Ireland.

CGThas followed the Anheuser-Busch and InBev speculation, but according to a press release on the brewer's Web site, the rumors are real. Anheuser-Busch says InBev made an unsolicited buyout offer of $46 billion, or $65 per share. Read on to find out the logistics of the offer, and what the future may hold if these two companies take on the industry together.

Implementing a Demand Signal Repository (DSR) is not only about technical infrastructure, but more importantly about how to manage disparate data sets coming from multiple retailers and turning them into a single, harmonized and actionable source of value across your organization. Before you get started, learn about the key pitfalls of DSR implementations.

Ellen Tracy, a brand known for its comfortable and conservatively styled apparel and footwear, will be implementing Jesta I.S.' Vision Suite for both its retail and wholesale businesses.

New media offers both marketing challenges and opportunities. Consumer goods companies are notoriously late adopters, but as successes are increasingly realized, manufacturers are coming around.

The J.M. Smucker Company buys the Knott's Berry Farm food brand from ConAgra Foods in attempt to grow this market.

Wilson Sporting Goods taps Zebra Technologies' high-performance RFID printer/encoders to comply with retailer Gen 2 mandates.