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Razor-sharp ad ideas
This story starts at a point in time that most observers predicted it would end. The year was 2002. The Internet party was long over. Pets.com and other high-flying digital darlings were defunct. It was the dark days for the few survivors of the dot-com...
Tags: Marketing, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Advertising, Authors
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Wal-Mart, Gap skirt the issue
If the horrific garment factory collapse last month in Bangladesh has any silver lining, it is the response from more than 30 of the world's leading apparel companies — including Benetton, PVH, Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M, Inditex (Zara), Marks &...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, University of California, Irvine, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice
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Prayer service remembers victims of Bangladesh building collapse
NEW DELHI, India -- Thousands gathered Tuesday in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 victims who died in the ruins of the world’s worst apparel industry disaster. Pictures taken at...
Tags: Bangladesh, Plant Openings, Government, Walmart, Sweden
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Bangladesh crowd gathers as collapse cleanup ends
NEW DELHI — Thousands gathered Tuesday in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 people who died in the world's worst apparel industry disaster. Pictures taken at the Islamic prayer...
Tags: Bangladesh, Plant Openings, Government, Italy, Walmart
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Trader Joe's targeted for meat with antibiotics, candy with lead
Quirky grocery chain Trader Joe’s is dealing this week with some concern over its products, including a public statement from a major advocacy group criticizing the presence of antibiotics in meat and a lawsuit from the state of California...
Tags: Target, Consumers, Genetic Engineering, Whole Foods Market, Ginger
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Safeway stock slides as revenue stalls, though profit rises
Safeway Inc. stock slid nearly 20% in morning trading Thursday as the Northern California supermarket giant – facing competition from dollar stores and Wal-Mart – reported flat revenue in the first quarter. The Pleasanton company said...
Tags: Safeway Inc., Target, JC Penney Company Inc., Walmart
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Tesco to pull out of U.S. and sell Fresh & Easy markets
The British are leaving. Five years after launching the Fresh & Easy grocery chain in the U.S., Tesco of England is abandoning its nearly $2-billion gamble. Once called "foolhardy" by investment guru Warren Buffett, the ambitious experiment joins a...
Tags: Whole Foods Market, Arable Farming, Supervalu Inc., Consumer Goods Industries, Warren Buffett
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Fresh & Easy fail: Tesco exits U.S. after profit tanks 96%
Tesco PLC’s ambitious U.S. experiment -- 5-year-old grocery chain Fresh & Easy -- has failed after costing its British parent billions of dollars, the company said Wednesday. After a strategic review of the brand in the last year, during which...
Tags: Whole Foods Market, United Kingdom, Walmart, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Donkey and water buffalo found in South African burgers
You think “beef” burgers with horse meat are bad? A new study out of South Africa shows that two-thirds of meat sold at supermarkets and butcheries contain unlabeled amounts of donkey, goat, water buffalo and other mystery ingredients....
Tags: Hamburgers, Medical Procedures and Tests, Burger King, South Africa, Food Industry
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Horse meat found in Ikea Swedish meatballs sold in Europe
This post has been updated. See below for details. Burger King, Nestle, Tesco and now Ikea – the European horse meat scandal that has heightened food supply concerns for the last month has now reached the furniture giant’s famed Swedish...
Tags: Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings, European Union, Burger King, Consumer Goods Industries, Foods and Beverages
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Burger King says it never sold horse meat despite supplier issues
After one of its suppliers was under investigation for selling beef products potentially tainted with horse meat, Burger King concluded that none of its products were affected. The chain said it came to the conclusion after conducting testing for traces...
Tags: New Products, United Kingdom, Burger King, Republic of Ireland, Food Industry
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Burger King ditches Irish beef supplier linked to horse meat
Burger King is cutting ties with a supplier under investigation for selling beef products potentially tainted with horse meat. The chain said it would no longer use products from ABP Food Group’s Irish subsidiary, Silvercrest, to supply its...
Tags: Hamburgers, Science and Technology, Standards, New Products, Burger King
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