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Chef's Cut Real Jerky co-founder Dennis Riedel and CEO Bart Silvestro weigh in on how the company hopes to stand out in the crowded gourmet snack space.
*Q4 revenue $2.24 bln vs est $2.16 bln. *Q4 adjusted EPS $0.00 vs est $0.09. Coty reported an adjusted net loss of $3.4 million due to "materially" higher marketing spend for the launch of fragrances such as Gucci Bloom and Hugo Boss Tonic, and higher fixed costs related to the acquisition of P&G's brands.
TRENTON, N.J.— New Jersey Transit spent more than $1 million on a digital advertising campaign this summer to inform riders about changes caused by a massive two-month repair project at Penn Station that limited service on its second-busiest rail line. Some of the $1,009,775 was spent to target ads to those directly affected by the work, according to invoices...
SINGAPORE/ DUBAI, Aug 21- Iraq has informed its customers that it plans to switch its price benchmark for Basra crude in Asia to DME Oman futures from January, dropping the average of Platts' Oman- Dubai quotes, in a major shift in the way it prices its oil. The proposal by state-oil marketer SOMO would mark a significant change by OPEC's second-largest producer away...
SINGAPORE/ DUBAI, Aug 21- Iraq has informed its customers that it plans to switch its price benchmark for Basra crude in Asia to DME Oman futures from January, dropping the average of Platts' Oman- Dubai quotes, in a major shift in the way it prices its oil. The proposal by state-oil marketer SOMO would mark a significant change by OPEC's second-largest producer away...
SINGAPORE/ DUBAI, Aug 21- Iraq has informed its customers that it plans to change its price benchmark for Basra crude in Asia to DME Oman futures from January, the country's latest move to reform its oil sales. The proposed change by state-oil marketer SOMO would mark a major shift by OPEC's second-largest producer away from fellow members Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and...
How do you drag a 300 year old business into the 21st Century to appeal to new customers? James Wright went to Berry Bros. & Rudd to find out.
The letter was prompted by a Reuters investigation last month that revealed how Philip Morris was deploying marketing tactics in India, some targeting young people, that officials said were illegal. The India unit of Philip Morris International did not respond to questions from Reuters. The health ministry also sent a letter to ITC Ltd, India's leading...
Aug 17- A new lawsuit accuses Nestle SA of blatantly violating the rights of Atari by using without permission the classic 1970 s video game "Breakout" in a new marketing campaign for its Kit Kat chocolate-covered wafers. In a complaint filed on Thursday in federal court in San Francisco, Atari said Nestle knowingly exploited the "Breakout" name, look and feel...
*Price competitive at around 599 euros. HELSINKI, Aug 16- HMD Global, the Finnish start-up looking to reinvigorate the Nokia phone brand, unveiled the Nokia 8 on Wednesday, hoping to cash in on rising consumer demand for high-quality audio and video features. With a suggested price tag of around 599 euros, the Nokia 8 undercuts Apple, which typically offers a...
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board said in March at the start of the tobacco-selling season that Zimbabwe was likely to produce 205 million kg of tobacco this year but sales only amounted to 185 million kg. Last year Zimbabwe produced and sold 200 million kg and earned $589 million, TIMB data showed. The central bank said early this month that Zimbabwe...
The suit, filed in Richland County, accuses Purdue of failing to comply with a 2007 agreement it signed with South Carolina and dozens of other states over allegations of its promotion of OxyContin. Purdue admitted no fault in that case, which accused the company of encouraging doctors to prescribe OxyContin for unapproved uses and failing to disclose its...
Aug 15- South Carolina sued Purdue Pharma LP on Tuesday, becoming the latest state or local government to accuse the OxyContin maker of deceptive marketing practices that have contributed to a national opioid addiction epidemic. The lawsuit by South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, filed in Richland County Court of Common Pleas in Columbia, accuses the...
COLUMBIA, S.C.— South Carolina on Monday became the latest state to accuse a drug manufacturer of exacerbating its opioid drug crisis by using deceptive marketing. The suit, filed in Richland County, accuses Purdue of failing to comply with a 2007 agreement it signed with South Carolina and dozens of other states over allegations of its promotion of OxyContin.
Aug 15- South Carolina sued Purdue Pharma LP on Tuesday, becoming the latest state or local government to accuse the OxyContin maker of deceptive marketing practices that have contributed to a national opioid addiction epidemic. The lawsuit by South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, filed in Richland County Court of Common Pleas in Columbia, accuses the...
SOUTH CAROLINA SUES OXYCONTIN MAKER PURDUE PHARMA LP OVER OPIOID MARKETING PRACTICES.
NEW YORK/ SHANGHAI, Aug 14- Shares in U.S. multi-level marketing companies Herbalife Ltd, NU Skin Enterprises Inc and USANA Health Sciences Inc tumbled in high volume on Monday after a Chinese government regulator announced a crackdown on pyramid schemes. China's State Administration for Industry& Commerce earlier that day announced on its website that it was...
NEW YORK, Aug 14- Shares in multi-level marketing companies Herbalife Ltd, NU Skin Enterprises Inc and USANA Health Sciences Inc tumbled in high volume on Monday after a Chinese government website announced a crackdown on pyramid schemes. The State Administration for Industry& Commerce of the People's Republic of China website posted a statement in Chinese.
