MWV making good time

Strong calendar sales raise

growth performance

27 Apr’11
MeadWestVaco the leading US packaging and stationery maker, reported a strong growth in its Q1’11 sales and profits.

Proficiency Profile

WHSmith’s
missing Ms

Swann’s stingy cost obsession
overtakes merchandising mess

25 Apr’11

We noted a headline in today’s Daily Telegraph‘Swann out to prove there’s life after penny pinching’. We disagree and publish extracts of the article and our take on the 8 years long slippage that has occurred under the CEO’s watch.

BREAKTHROUGH

Marketing Conference:

The Programme

Top new speakers added

15 Apr'11

Only 5 days to go! The world's #1 online marketer Amazonand mobile-webstore  specialistsOne-iota,join the top class line up of presenters helping you accelerate growth up to 2020

Book Now and take advantage

of the3 delegate places for the price of 2 offer

6^th BREAKTHROUGH

Marketing Conference

Your productivity

services future!

Wed 20 Apr'11 at Kempton Park, Sunbury on Thames, UK

15 Apr'11

What a terrific line up we’ve assembled for the 6^thAnnual BREAKTHROUGH Conference.Only 19 days to go to the top marketing event of the year. Check out the full agenda and speaker line up with mini-profiles here...
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C-o-n-n-e-c-t-e-d
world by Best Buy

Consumer Electronics giant
shares multi-channel strategy

14 Apr’11
At its 2011 Investor and Analyst Day today, leading consumer electrocs retailer Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn(pic left, on right)and his team, provided an in-depth view of the company's growth strategies…

Greening of
the workplace

2010 Survey report published
by Buck underlines the MPS trend

12 Apr’11

American businesses are increasingly measuring the savings from their green workplace practices more than ever, according to a new survey released today by Buck Consultants,(A XeroxCompany)

Sustainability:
seven superstars

It’s Earth Day on 22 April. We
highlight the industry’s greenest

8 Apr’11

To commemorate Earth Day 22 April, many leading business magazines are profiling sustainability champions in the corporate world. With due respect to green leaders like Dell, Brother, HP and Staples we profile 7 superstars of sustainability in the independent marketplace. Profiles later today

Feds to flush out
frequent fraudsters

Did Depot directors deliberately

deceive to spike share price?

7 Apr’11

A new Federal action lawsuit alleges Office Depot and officers & directors participated in an illegal fraudulent scheme to enrich themselves and manipulate the company's stock price.

Depot lambasted
by legal actions

Beleaguered bigbox battered
and besieged by bitter shareholders

7 Apr’11

The vultures are circling Boca Raton, the palatial global headquarters of Office Depot. The Annual Shareholders Meeting scheduled in 2 weeks could be a bloodbath.

Breaking News

Noose dangles
around Depot

Shareholders appoint top lawyersto investigate breaches of duty

2 Apr’11

Troubles at seriously beleaguered ice Depot have exacerbated in the last 48 hours. Straight after the embarrassing CFO webcast yesterday the shareholders took action…

Sustainability
savings success

Corporate chiefs catch on to the
‘cut costs…cut carbon’ message

By Lucy Jermyn,

2 Apr’11

Long a cause célèbre of the eco crowd, sustainable business practices are yielding big savings at companies like PepsiCo and Wal-Mart