Social Responsible Retail & Government Supply Chains- Who's Listening?
August 3, 2010
You say CSR, I say... | blog.procurementleaders.com
North American retailers such as Target , Wal-mart, Whole Foods and Tesco are driving retail manufacturing performance based on consumer demands. The Federal Government is also listening and driving supplier carbon emission performance based on taxpayer demands. The U.S. Federal Government and Retailers are listening. Leading edge suppliers acting. Some laggers may lose market share in 2011.
Green Market Expands Into The Federal Government Sector
July 30, 2010
Carbon Management Software and Services to Reach Nearly $300 Million in the U.S. Federal Government Sector by 2017, According to Pike Research | eon.businesswire.com
Federal Environmental Policy, Executive Order 13514 is creating a new middle market that will support Federal Government Agencies & Federal Contractors.
Why Operational Excellence Programs are Staging a Comeback
July 30, 2010
Where Process-Improvement Projects Go Wrong | online.wsj.com
Industries such as building products, industrials, aerospace and transportation have engaged the Six Sigma process to reduce costs and improve services. Private equity and financial services firms are turning to proven business management techniques to reduce costs as the regulatory cycle continues.
Cycling for Dollars - Tour de France
July 18, 2010
Running from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th 2010, the 97th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,600 kilometres. Versus cable television and Versus.com will provide extensive coverage of the 2010 Tour de France.
June 29, 2010
Most SBA lending programs require a duns for US Government Contractors & Grantees for submitting grant and loan applications.
Nestle Is The New 800 Pound Gorilla In Frozen Food
May 31, 2010
Nestle's recent acquisition of the Kraft frozen pizza division makes them the dominant player in frozen foods. With the acquisition, they add such well known brands as DIGiorno, Tombstone and California Pizza Kitchen to their already powerful frozen entrees and snacks brands (Stouffers,Lean Cuisine,Hot Pockets) With sales of more than $5.6 B in frozen foods they are more than triple their next major competitor Conagra with sales of $1.8B.
Energy Storage- A $44 billion market by 2015
May 25, 2010
Energy Storage Market to Hit $44 Billion by 2015 | www.matternetwork.com
Given that most automakers are launching electric vehicle and the smart grid is expanding, now is the time to understand energy storage and renewable energy opportunities.
Wal-Mart Takes Renewable Energy to Southern California’s Main Street
May 12, 2010
Sam's Club Opens On-Site Micro-Wind Farm | www.reuters.com
Per a Reuters.com article, Wal-Mart has reportly installed the first wind farm of micro-wind turbines onsite at a Palmdale, California Sam's Club. This 17 unit wind farm will produce 3-5% of the stores annual energy needs. Are Illinois, New York & North Dakota far behind?
Artificial vs Real Intelligence
May 11, 2010
OK - so the dust has settled on the grim stock market event of last week:Stock Pricing Unreliable [5/6/2010 @ ET 2:30 pm -thru- 3:00 pm] Fed is recommending that ALL MARKETS adopt any slow-down in pricing and trades (if ANY SINGLE market/exchange is in slow-down mode) to normalize activity Are we any better today?
FDIC Lowers Its Estimate for 2010 Bank Failures
April 28, 2010
Community Banks Remain Under Stress | www.minyanville.com
FDIC Chair Sheila Bair says that the pace of bank failures is slowing. Bair implies that some of the banks on the FDIC list of problem banks have raised capital and have thus come off the list.
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