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ISSUE: November 15, 2009
Articles about consumer products
From Mr. Smarty Pants To Soul Man
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8-15-2004
New Dell CEO Kevin Rollins can wow em with intelligence, but knows That's not enough to take the company to $60 billion in sales. That's why he's changing his tune.
Article Excerpts:
...we have servers and storers and desktops and
consumer products
, corporate products. We’ve bridged...
Fast Talk: The Old Economy Meets The New Economy
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12-1-2001
Fast Company recently convened a Fast Talk session in Chicago, bringing together some of the smartest people from some of the strongest and oldest brands in the world. Our objective: New insights on emerging best practices when it comes to custom...
Article Excerpts:
...CRAWFORD (global executive vice president,
consumer products
, retail, and distribution; Cap Gemini Ernst...
Ego Maniacs
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4-1-2007
Being the meek, humble creatures that we are, we sat down with author Mathew Hayward to discuss his book Ego Check: Why Executive Hubris Is Wrecking Companies and Ca...
Article Excerpts:
... it comes to designing, developing, and launching
consumer products
. But he’s gotten in trouble trying to...
The Killer App - Bar None
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8-1-2001
WHAT
The bar code and scanning device
WHEN
Invented in 1949; patented in 1952; first used commercially in 1974
WHERE
South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida
WHO
Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver The format...
Article Excerpts:
... UPC (Universal Product Code) symbols to identify
consumer products
. The Uniform Code Council, which issues the...