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La Crosse County Health Department encourages lead testing for kids
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - As part of Child Wellness Month, local health experts are advising families about the dangers of lead poisoning. This week also marks National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. La Crosse County Health Department officials...
Owner: Gray Television Inc.
Analysts Have Conflicting Sentiments on These Consumer Goods Companies: BellRing Brands (BRBR) and Church & Dwight (CHD)
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Markets Insider
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Companies in the Consumer Goods sector have received a lot of coverage today as analysts weigh in on BellRing Brands (BRBR – Research Report) and Church & Dwight (CHD – Research Report). Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks...
Owner: Mathias Döpfner & Friede Springer
Education is a public good — not a consumer product
By Bradley Roberson Superintendent, Oxford School District Few topics in education stir as much passion as school choice. On the surface, the idea sounds simple and appealing: give families state dollars and let them decide where to send their...
Owner: Todd Carpenter
Japanese Arata, Paltac and Planet create new company Product Registry Services
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AK&M
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AK&M 21 October 2025 17:03 Japanese distribution companies Arata Corp. and Paltac Corp. together with the data exchange company Planet, Inc. We intend to create a new company, Product Registry Services, Inc., to centrally manage product...
Owner: Zoya Eduardovna Larkina
AI Poses Threat To Some Content, Ted Sarandos Says, But Taylor Swift Is “More Popular Than Ever … It Takes A Great Artist To Make Something Great”
Addressing the potential threat to Netflix posed by generative video models like OpenAI’s Sora 2, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said it is more likely to pull audiences away from user-generated video. Professionally produced series and films, as...
Owner: Jay Penske
US government shutdown delays Unilever's Magnum ice cream spin-off
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Gulf Daily News Online
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Consumer goods group Unilever is delaying the demerger of its Magnum ice cream unit due to the US government shutdown, it said on Tuesday, marking an early example of business disruption from the impasse that shows no sign of ending. Unilever, the...
Owner: Anwar Abdulrahman & Ronnie Middleton
Singles Day off to big buying bang
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China Daily
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Employees sort goods at a cross-border e-commerce logistics center in Jinhua, Zhejiang province, in preparation for the upcoming shopping gala. SHI KUANBING/FOR CHINA DAILY The extended Singles Day shopping festival this year saw robust sales...
Owner: Chinese Government
Peli BioThermal triples capacity at Frankfurt service centre
Packaging solutions provider Peli BioThermal has completed an expansion of its Frankfurt Service Centre, increasing its capacity threefold. This will help meet rising demand from pharmaceutical producers and logistics companies across Europe....
Owner: Michael "Mike" Danson
OpenAI Wants to Slurp Up Your Browsing Data and Not Pay You for It
Summary ChatGPT Atlas: macOS browser with integrated ChatGPT that reads pages and uses chat history Browser memories store site context for cross-session queries, but are optional and user-controlled Agent mode can act for you (clicks/forms), but...
Owner: Lowell Heddings & Erik Wang
Netflix Inks Major Deals With Mattel and Hasbro for ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Toys, Games and Products
The Netflix sensation KPop Demon Hunters will take over toy store shelves next year, with the streaming giant inking what it calls an “unprecedented” and “industry-first” deal with both Mattel and Hasbro for a slew of toys, collectibles, games and...
Owner: Jay Penske
Disney unveils patriotic celebration featuring a new attraction
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FOX Business
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Southern California natives Cody and Matt Breidinger, twins who both served in the U.S. Air Force prior to working at Disneyland Resort, spoke with Fox News Digital on May 14, 2025. Disney plans to show off the red, white and blue in a major way...
Owner: Murdoch Family
Brands Beat Out Governments, Institutions in Consumers’ Trust Ladder: Deloitte
MILAN — At a time of political instability and societal polarization, trust issues are widespread — but brands are emerging as winners. According to the “Brand Connection — the Age of Meaningful Brands” report by consultancy Deloitte published...
Owner: Jay Penske
What Is 1 of the Best Consumer Goods Stocks to Buy Now?
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Yahoo Finance
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Investing in consumer-facing companies can be a great way to find winning stocks. Some of the most dominant businesses on Earth sell products and services directly to individuals. And for the average investor, they are generally easier to...
Owner: Apollo Global Management
How Liquid Death’s new CFO plans to keep the brand’s hype alive
Ricky Khetarpaul joined Liquid Death as CFO just last week, stepping into one of the fastest-growing and most unconventional brands in the consumer goods industry. Known for its bold marketing and loyal fan base, the company built a $1.4 billion...
Owner: Informa PLC
Women wielding $562b lead ‘sideways’ succession boom
Wall Street has spent years preparing for $US105 trillion ($162 trillion) to pass from elderly parents to their children, but a different kind of wealth transfer is already underway. More than a dozen women in the world’s 500 richest people have...
Owner: Nine Entertainment
BAIC Signs MOU with Ontario Inc. and Preston Drummond to launch 'Bahamian Heat' products on international markets
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Bahamas Local
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The Government of The Bahamas has taken a major step toward transforming the nation’s agricultural sector with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC), Ontario Inc., and...
Owner: Jason McDowall
From screen to shelf: Netflix taps Mattel, Hasbro for 'KPop Demon Hunters' toys
Netflix is teaming up with Mattel and Hasbro to turn its blockbuster animated film "KPop Demon Hunters" into toys, deepening a consumer-goods push that could help diversify its revenue. The partnership, announced on Tuesday, will produce toys,...
Owner: Myung-Ho Seung & Seung Family
STARLIMS Launches Cloud-Based QM Essentials LIMS to Empower Small Manufacturers
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Lab Manager
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STARLIMS has announced the release of QM Essentials, a cloud-based LIMS tailored for small and mid-sized batch manufacturers across the pharmaceutical, food & beverage, and consumer products sectors. The new offering delivers a pre-configured,...
Owner: Bob Kafato
L’Oréal Chief Talks Kering Beauty Deal, Q3 Results
PARIS — L’Oréal chief executive officer Nicolas Hieronimus discussed the Kering Beauty deal Tuesday evening, less than 48 hours after the 4 billion euro acquisition, the largest in group history, was revealed Sunday night. It was among the...
Owner: Jay Penske
Unilever delays ice cream demerger due to US government shutdown
LONDON: Unilever has postponed the demerger of its ice cream division due to the ongoing US government shutdown. The British consumer goods giant confirmed the Magnum Ice Cream Company’s New York listing cannot proceed without SEC approval. “The...