GLG News by Commercial Printing Market Experts

Wheat prices are up 100% in 12 month's. Dairy prices continue to climb, increasing the costs of most food manufacturers.Is this a temporary phenomenon or is food inflation here to stay ?  Both Kellogg's and Kraft have provided disappointing guidance in the last few weeks blaming wheat and dairy...

Key labor cost changes in India imply that other nations such as the Phillipines, Argentina, Cost Rica, and Puerto Rico will compete more favorably for international business. The increasing cost of talent and a constrained pool of talent will cause companies to hesitate when considering India as a...

Harvesting tropical hardwoods which have been submerged for 40 years may be environmentally beneficial but is this overshadowing the commercial considerations? Three Main Points: 1. Was nothing learned from the abandoned Camaroons pulp mill project that cost investors $250 million dollars? 2. To be...

Commodity cost increases (wheat,corn,oil,sugar) are causing havoc with food and CPG companies bottom lines.The significant upward pressures of wheat (+100% latest 12 months) specifically impact all cereal,baking, pasta and many other food companies profits. The key questions surrounding these increases...

Jouko Karvinen became CEO in 2006 and obviously has a different vision than his predecessor Jukka Harmala did 7 years ago when they purchased Consolidated Papers.  Last year the N.A. division generated 2 billion Euros and produced a profit of $295 million.   Does he see little growth...

Small businesses are adversly affected by adding a Vista computer. they are rarely aware of the compatibility issues they will encounter. Upgrade to Quickbooks and printer drivers can be significant financial impact.

People will need to be given a reason to use local search. The simple fact is that local search is, well, local... People already know their local area and can mostly find what they need on their own. The local internet search that adds value will attract the customers.

Domtar wants to be totally focused on (a) paper - Uncoated FreeSheet and (b) market pulp - hardwood, softwood and fluff.  They feel it's necessary to free themselves of 12 sawmills and 5 joint venture mills.  A newly formed company, Conifex, was prepared to take over all these mills and to...

Interstate Bakeries and its unions are locked in a negotiating stalemate  over employee jobs and compensation.Specifically, IBC's management is looking for job cuts and lower costs from the unions to make the company more cost competitive.The unions obviously are seeking to minimize impact on its...

I can think of more reasons why than why not.  I’m not saying Radio Shack should copy GameStop but they could clearly build on what they’ve done, and invent something even more interesting. Nintendo didn’t just take market share from Playstation and Xbox with the Wii, they expanded the market,...