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Better logistics in European consumer goods

January 2007

Performance-based logistics allowances can unlock potential savings for manufacturers and retailers alike.

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A wholesale shift in European groceries

February 2003

European grocers could satisfy their appetite for growth—if they knew where to look.

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Making a meal of Europe’s food-and-drink business

February 2000

Consolidation could create more than $100 billion in net present value in the fragmented European food-and-drink industry-and that makes restructuring almost inevitable.

The Archive

1997
Packaged goods: It’s time to focus on product development Premium Content

May 1997

The best performers organize around four separate development missions. New products and line extensions require different processes and different performance metrics. A common mistake: not setting priorities across product groups.

India’s sleeping giant: Food Premium Content

February 1997

Producers should worry less about elite consumers; As Indians’ purchasing power increases, they will demand quality in basic foods; An integrated response can transform the huge inefficiencies into opportunities

1996
Satisfying America’s changing appetite Premium Content

November 1996

Virtually all of the $100 billion increase in annual food sales expected in the United States in the next decade is likely to come from food service. To take advantage of this dramatic shift in eating habits, restaurant operators, packaged-food manufacturers, and the entire US food distribution system will have to make significant changes.

1995
Salesforce Management: Packaged goods salesforces - beyond efficiency Premium Content

February 1995

Up to 30 percent return on spending. The movement toward account profitability.

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