Consumer Industries: Related White Papers

Agile Airline Enterprise: Global economic events, wired passengers and growth of low-cost carriers makes the airline industry more competitive on price, cost and yield. Learn how you can be an agile airline.
Customization – Driving for Greater Success: Today, more than a third of manufacturers report that customized product now represents more than 10% of their sales. Forty percent say these programs now involve retailers accounting for more than 50% of their volume. But fewer than half of these programs are profitable for manufacturers or retailers. A new GMA study concludes that CPG manufacturers need to do 10 things (below) to improve their odds of success. Easy to say, hard to do. The question, as always, is: How?
Three Ingredients To Improve the Odds of Success During Mergers and Acquisitions: It doesn’t take an expert to tell you that consumer confidence has dropped dramatically over the past year. Even with consumer spending following suit, retailers aren’t giving up. They’re re-trenching and looking at strategic alternatives such as mergers, acquisitions and divestitures to take advantage of the economic downturn and gain market share.

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