GLG News by CPG Consultants

Large consumer packaged goods companies are finally waking up and embracing the volume opportunity in Organic and Natural Foods.For years ,most of the top selling products at Whole Foods and other Natural stores were made by small manufacturers.Large CPG companies were not quick to offer products because...

Tiffany is awaiting verdict in a lawsuit claiming that eBay is a distribution network that allows counterfeit Tiffany items to be sold. The verdict could set a precedent impacting other internet retailers.

Zales is taking a cautious holiday outlook. Caution is warranted due to a combination of lower earnings, product positioning, and recent declines in share prices.

Wal-Mart is opening state-of-the-art retail centers incorporating upgraded merchandizing, improved product offerings, energy efficiency, and environment. The improvements in these new stores are long overdo and will make Wal-Mart a welcome retail center of many communities.

Warren Buffet purchases undervalued stocks and looks at the assets of the company. Berkshire Hathaway is looking at large used car market potential.

The increase in exports for Indian gems and jewelry is due in large to increasing world demand, especially demand in the USA, despite the appreciation in the Indian Rupee. This increase in demand for jewelry and gems is increasing in relation to the demand for gold.

Buffet restaurants are not growing, especially in the more sophisticated Northeast and West because of the increase in quality of American cuisine, increased expectations, sensitivity to health and safety issues in major urban areas, cultural, and price reasons.

The rate cut in October amounted to little more than politics, called operation White Noise, and will have little effect on the economy. There is very little that can be done due to the massive debts of irresponsible government mismanagement.

The recent article on Interstate Bakeries bankruptcy hearings now officially puts the company in play.IBC struggling from high plant and route costs and the unprecedented rise in flour costs has been attempting to emerge from bankruptcy.IBC Management has stated that their proposal values the company...

Ralcorp's potential pucrhase of Post cereals for $2.8 billion dollars will shake up the cereal category and provide another stronger competitor to General Mills and Kellogg's.The winner will be Ralcorp if they can successfully integrate Post and leverage their brands to strengthen their private label...