http://www.ecr-institute.org daily 1 2007-05-03T03:16:59Z http://www.ecr-institute.org/news/luncheon-at-the-ecr-conference-in-berlin-on-may-28-wharton-associate-professor-of-marketing-david-bell-underlined-the-growing-industry-recognition-of-the-need-to-create-and-share-new-knowledge Nearly sixty senior consumer goods industry executives joined with leading academics at the International Commerce Institute luncheon, including ICI board member Raoul Hasselgren, ICI managing director Bernard Karli, and Wharton associate professor of marketing David Bell underlined the growing industry recognition of the need to create and share new knowledge to cope with a rapidly changing market environment. No publisher mjpires 2008-06-26T09:19:27Z Extended News Item http://www.ecr-institute.org/news/building-leadership-for-executives-in-the-consumer-goods-industry-1 Executive development - The Progressive Management Programme - the next step in your professional development. Read the comments of participants. No publisher mjpires 2008-06-17T11:04:13Z Extended News Item http://www.ecr-institute.org/news/new-report-from-ecr-europe-shrinkage-group Every year retailers worldwide spend billions of Euros on various types of technology such as CCTV, tagging and Data Mining in an attempt to tackle the ever present problem of shrinkage, which estimated to cost the European Fast Moving Consumer Goods Sector alone as much Euros 18 billion a year (equivalent to the GDP of Luxembourg!). Trying to decide in which technology to invest can be tricky business, with often extravagant claims by suppliers being unsubstantiated by any published evidence. No publisher mjpires 2008-03-25T07:53:18Z Extended News Item http://www.ecr-institute.org/news/most-downloaded-article-from-the-review The Invisible Opportunity: The packaged goods market is not "mature". There are huge opportunities for profitable growth but they can only be realized by rooting out layer upon layer of hidden, institutionalized waste, by Daniel T. Jones No publisher mjpires 2008-03-11T08:49:26Z Extended News Item http://www.ecr-institute.org/news/international-commerce-review-why-fairness-matters Back in the 1960s, the US government asked social psychologist J Thibaut to find out why an innovative system of mediation in the civil law courts was not getting its expected support. No publisher mjpires 2008-04-08T06:07:00Z Extended News Item http://www.ecr-institute.org/news/copy_of_furthering-knowledge-the-institute-announces-research-projects-retained-for-this-year For the third consecutive year, the International Commerce Institute and Unilever launched their research grant aimed at furthering academic and industry knowledge in the areas of - Collaborative Differentiation - Shopper-driven Integrated Supply Chain Management - Joint Shopper Value Creation No publisher mjpires 2008-06-12T07:33:42Z Extended News Item http://www.ecr-institute.org/news/furthering-knowledge-the-institute-announces-research-projects-retained-for-this-year For the second consecutive year, the International Commerce Institute and Unilever launched their research grant aimed at furthering academic and industry knowledge in the areas of - Collaborative Differentiation - Shopper-driven Integrated Supply Chain Management - Joint Shopper Value Creation No publisher mjpires 2007-10-13T07:32:31Z Extended News Item http://www.ecr-institute.org/news/paul-bulcke-to-succeed-brabeck-letmathe-as-nestle-ceo The Board of Directors of Nestlé S.A. has declared their intention to appoint Paul Bulcke as Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé and to have him take on his new responsabilities in April 2008. No publisher mjpires 2007-10-04T05:34:11Z Extended News Item http://www.ecr-institute.org/news/interview-with-anders-moberg President and CEO, Royal Ahold No publisher mjpires 2007-10-03T08:35:57Z Extended News Item http://www.ecr-institute.org/news/interview-with-peter-brabeck-letmathe-1 Chairman and CEO, Nestlé Group No publisher mjpires 2007-10-03T08:29:28Z Extended News Item http://www.ecr-institute.org/news/dick-boer-to-be-new-co-chair-of-ecr-europe Dick Boer, COO of Ahold's European operations, is to be ECR Europe's new co-chairman. He takes up the post on July 1. No publisher mjpires 2007-07-18T10:08:34Z Extended News Item http://www.ecr-institute.org/education-and-events/the-institute-announces-unilever-grant-for-research For the second consecutive year, The International Commerce Institute invites researchers to submit an application for research funds sponsored by Unilever. No publisher sbeyeler 2007-07-30T04:24:12Z Extended News Item http://www.ecr-institute.org/news/international-commerce-institute-gs1-knowledge-link-up-1 The International Commerce Institute and GS1, the International standards and services organisation, have agreed to cooperate in the field of learning and furthering knowledge. No publisher sbeyeler 2007-06-21T15:59:58Z Extended News Item http://www.ecr-institute.org/news/student-award-winner-wins-unilever-sponsored-internship-1 Unilever has offered the winner of the ECR Student Awards a three month internship with the United Nations World Food Programme No publisher webmaster 2007-06-21T16:42:29Z News Item http://www.ecr-institute.org/news/new-ecr-leaders-in-call-to-action-for-growth-and-responsibility The ECR movement has developed a powerful toolbox of best industry practices that can deliver vast improvements in operational efficiency No publisher webmaster 2007-07-09T09:32:56Z News Item