Trading Partners

Online operations of big grocery chains maneuvered through the dot-com devastation and are now showing positive signs of life. They're finding that the payoffs from Internet retailing reach beyond incremental sales.

December 23, 2002 -- CHICAGO -- Transora, a provider of data synchronization solutions to the consumer products industry, today announced that TDC Version 3.0 is now available.

December 23, 2002 -- CHICAGO -- Transora, a provider of data synchronization solutions to the consumer products industry, today announced that TDC Version 3.0 is now available. Designed to meet the specific needs of the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, TDC enables manufacturers to standardize the method in which they synchronize data with trading partners according to standards established by the Global Standards Management Process (GSMP).

Danbury, CT - Bristol technology Inc., a developer of software solutions that empower corporations to capture, analyze, and profit from transactional information, today announced a partnership with Market Performance Group (MPG), a management consulting firm providing Consumer Packaged Goods suppliers and retailers with practical programs targeted at improving market performance.

WASHINGTON -- Food makers may advertise "qualified" descriptions of the health benefits of their products now that the Food and Drug Administration has loosened a requirement requiring scientific consensus on such claims.

CINCINNATI - The Procter & Gamble Company has announced its intent to purchase U.S. market share data from ACNielsen effective July 1, 2003.

LONDON - Cadbury Schweppes PLC announced Tuesday a $4.2 billion deal to buy the Adams chewing gum company of the United States from Pfizer Inc. Adams' brands include Dentyne, Clorets, Certs, Bubblicious and Halls.

ROCKVILLE, Md. - Consumers concerned about the quality and purity of vitamins and other dietary supplements can now look for the United States Pharmacopeia's (USP) new DSVP certification mark on product packaging.