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CHICAGO - The Network of Executive Women has posthumously awarded Tom Crawford, an early NEW supporter and founder of the Leadership Network Corporation, the 2006 Hedy Halpert Diversity Awareness Award.

NEW YORK -- In response to the greater vulnerability to fraud among retailers and others in the current regulatory and political climate, PricewaterhouseCoopers here has issued "A Deeper Dive: Protecting Retail & Consumer Companies Against Fraud and Misconduct at the Business Process Level," a white paper offering a five-step program to help avoid or lessen the impact of significant fraud.

LONDON ¿ Dunnhumby Limited, a provider of consumer-centric marketing solutions for leading consumer packaged goods and retail companies, including Kroger and Tesco, yesterday entered into a long-term joint venture agreement with Groupe Casino, the France-based global retailer with more than 8,000 stores worldwide.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Interest in one-stop shopping is on the rise in nearly all developing retail markets, and that trend, coupled with the universal appeal of high-quality goods and good deals, is creating growth opportunities for large-format food retailers, according to a new study from global management consulting and market research firm Retail Forward here.

WILTON, Conn. - Wal-Mart and Procter & Gamble have been identified as the "best of the best" in Cannondale Associates' 2006 PoweRanking Survey, an annual study that measures how adeptly leading manufacturers and retailers handle working trade relations.

WILTON, Conn. - Wal-Mart and Procter & Gamble have been identified as the "best of the best" in Cannondale Associates' 2006 PoweRanking Survey, an annual study that measures how adeptly leading manufacturers and retailers handle working trade relations.

ANN ARBOR, Mich and APTOS, Calif. - NSF International (NSF), an independent, non-profit public health and food safety solutions provider, has acquired Davis Fresh Technologies, a premier provider of food safety audits and consulting for the perishable food industry.

FINDLAY, Ohio - Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix Super Markets has topped yet another customer satisfaction list. The retailer garnered the highest ranking among supermarkets in RealPeopleRatings.com, a quarterly customer service survey conducted by Corporate Research International, a market research firm based here.