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Kraft Heinz Is Dying a Death by a Thousand Cost Cuts
How the private equity model drove one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies into a corner.
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Retailer Shelf Space: Another potential loss for CPG Manufacturers
Retailers are using technology to replace Category Captains.
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When negative externalities threaten Dart Container, it threatens back
Dart Container’s core product is potentially damaging to the world. Management’s response? Fight.
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Reading the tea leaves; Unilever looks to move Lipton
Unilever, the world’s largest tea producer, is looking to get out of the tea business.
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Revenue Growth Management: Coca-Cola profit rises investment pays off
Coca-Cola credited Revenue Growth Management with major growth. Learn what RGM is and how it is used.
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Why did Dean Foods go Bankrupt? A Porter Model Analysis reveals the truth.
Dean Foods went from an industry leader to bankrupt in a few years. A Porter Analysis reveals that industry structure had a much larger impact than previously imagined.
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Ranking the 35 best books I read in 2019
Like most people online, I’m always looking for book recommendations. So each year I’ve made it a habit of recapping every book I’ve read. If book recommendations are you thing, here are my book recommendations from 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018. On to 2019’s list. 35. Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics – Stephen Greenblatt A Harvard […]
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P&G to buy Billie. It may work, but not for the reason you think
P&G acquired Billie. Initial analysis framed it in terms of a direct-to-consumer play, but a closer analysis reveals a more traditional brand acquisition.
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Counterfeit products on Amazon is harming CPG innovation
Counterfeit products on Amazon is one of the most significant issues facing brands today.
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Fair Trade: The arcane reason small retailers can’t compete with chains
Fair Trade agreements allowed small retailers to compete with big. Now they’re gone.