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WASHINGTON -- Grocery Manufacturers Association said yesterday that the trade group has chosen Durham, N.C.-based Clarkston Consulting and Boston's AMR Research to conduct a study of how CPG companies and their trading partners can more effectively employ direct store delivery (DSD) as a marketing tool.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. - The global grocery industry will spend more than $23 billion this year on hardware, software, services, and IT labor this year, according to Retail WorldView, a new IT Sizing service offered by IHL Consulting Group, based here.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. - The global grocery industry will spend more than $23 billion this year on hardware, software, services, and IT labor this year, according to Retail WorldView, a new IT Sizing service offered by IHL Consulting Group, based here.

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- The term "sustainability," while widely used by the media and industry, holds little to no meaning for consumers, according to the newest report released by The Hartman Group, a consulting and market research firm here.

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- The term "sustainability," while widely used by the media and industry, holds little to no meaning for consumers, according to the newest report released by The Hartman Group, a consulting and market research firm here.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Bruce Peterson, former Wal-Mart s.v.p. and a leading proponent of radio frequency identification (RFID) for perishables, has formed a new collaborative venture with Michael McCartney to establish global traceability guidelines for fresh foods.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Because food manufacturers infrequently label food as "Made in the USA," the absence of such voluntary labeling suggests that suppliers believe either consumers do not care where their food comes from or prefer the imported product, according to Barry Krissoff and Fred Kuchler, who authored "Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling - Will It Benefit Consumers?" in the May 2007 Amber Waves, published by USDA's Economic Research Service.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- In what it called "a major step" to help clients develop more complete insights about the burgeoning Hispanic community in the U.S., the Nielsen Co. said yesterday it would launch a national Homescan Hispanic Consumer Panel, with a research sample of 11,000 households. The announcement was made here at Nielsen's annual Consumer 360 Conference.