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- 8/23/2001
Nestle Says Emerging Markets Help It Show Rise in Profits
Nestle, the world's biggest food company, said today that sales ofits packaged food increased in emerging markets, compensating for slower growth in the United Statesand in Western Europe and helping to lift first-half profit 13 percent. - 8/23/2001
New eMarketer Report Declares Online Advertising is Alive and Well
Despite recast projections from numerous research organizations, thenew Online Advertising Report forecasts that online advertisingspending is holding its own and will continue to grow steadilyover the next several years. - 8/23/2001
Raley's Selects IBM e-Infrastructure Technology For Next-Generation e-Business
IBM announced that supermarket chain Raley's expects to save $3 million over the next five years by standardizing its next-generation applications on IBM's e-infrastructure technology. - 8/23/2001
Candy Producer Brach's Starts Phase Out of Chicago Plant
Candy producer Brach's Confections Inc.is starting the phased shutdown of its Chicagomanufacturing plant, sending pink slips to 29workers who must leave the company by Oct. 20. - 8/23/2001
PublixDirect to Test Delivery in Florida
PublixDirect, the online order and delivery unit created by Publix, plans to start service next month in Florida and plans a launch in north metro Atlanta next spring, according to an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. - 8/22/2001
Publix Deploys CA'S Unicenter to Centrally Manage Diverse Business Environment
Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) on Wednesday announced that Publix Super Markets is deploying Unicenter to centrally monitor its IT infrastructure, speed problem resolution and increase system performance across its distributed retail computing environments. - 8/22/2001
Kmart Corp's Bluelight.com Inks Pact with Global Sports
Kmart Corporation's (NYSE:KM) Bluelight.com subsidiarytoday announced that they have signed an e-commerce agreement with Global Sports(NASDAQ:GSPT) to provide services for the company's online shopping site. - 8/22/2001
ACNielsen Signs Hannaford Brothers to Category Business Planner Contract
ACNielsen U.S., an operating unit of ACNielsen, a VNU company, on Wednesday announced Hannaford Bros. Co. has joined the list of retailers whose product sales information will be included on its new Category Business Planner (CBP) category management intelligence system. - 8/22/2001
Amazon takes aim at large-scale buyers
Amazon.com is looking beyond individual consumers with anew program intended to attract organizations such as libraries, schools andbusinesses. - 8/22/2001
Retalix Ltd. Signs Memorandum of Understanding to Acquire BASS Inc.
Retalix Ltd. (Nasdaq: RTLX - news), today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to acquire all the outstanding shares of capital stock of privately held BASS Inc. of Dayton, Ohio. BASS is a market-leading provider of retail automation technology, primarily to tier-two grocery operators.