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STRATEGY   |  1 comment

PepsiCo's Healthy Project in the 'hood

Here's an interesting story of a company taking a grassroots approach to market a new product. The product: PepsiCo's Baked Doritos and Baked Lay's potato chips -- an attempt at an image overhaul as the company is often criticized ...READ»

Corporate Marketing Is a Conversation

I'm very impressed that Fast Company is opening up its server space to its audience in celebraton of the blogjam 2005. It represents an openness that we don't see much from business publications, and certainly not from the corporate ...READ»

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COLA WARS   |  Comment

Latest Cola Wars Skirmish: Battle for the Greenest Vending Machines

Vending machine purchases often elicit feelings of guilt about the sugar and fat contents of soda and candy, but rarely about the greenhouse gas emissions of the machine itself. Soda vendors know, though, that their machines use ...READ»

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TRUCOST   |  Comment

Food and Beverage Companies Need to Cut Carbon Emissions, or Else

Trucost, an environmental data provider, released a report revealing the greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprints of S&P 500 companies in a number of sectors with the intention of helping said companies prepare for the ...READ»

Up the Academy

In the current issue of CFO magazine, there's a mention of what Lisa Yoon terms "academy companies" -- organizations with a reputation for success. The upshot is that these firms are particularly good breeding ground for future ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Talent Agents

In my last column we revealed that the top ten companies for developing executive talent, voted by a jury of their peers, are: GE, Johnson & Johnson, Dell, IBM, Weyerhaeuser, Bank of America, PepsiCo, UBS, Procter & Gamble, and Cisco. ...READ»

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The Carbon Footprint of Orange Juice is in the Dirt

Surprisingly, when it comes to making OJ, it's not the packaging or the trucks--growing the fruit produces the single greatest proportion of the carbon footprint of Tropicana orange juice, as PepsiCo just hired an outside consultant ...READ»

The 8 Habits of Effective Job Searchers

You got the offer, now what? Questions every candidate should ask before signing on.READ»

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Spin on the Bottle: Water Packaging Gets Creative

Bottled water companies have been struggling with a backlash against their products because of energy and health concerns, but they're not going away. At least the innovation these days seems to be focused on improving the impact ...READ»

In Today's Papers

Pieces and articles worth reading: Apple Challenges Products That Include the Word "Pod" Crazy Morning Rites Help Some Get Primed for a Day in the Office Dell Will Recall Batteries in PC's Google to Host Small Business Coupons New ...READ»

BRANDING   |  Comment

A New Brand You II

That reminds me of the 2002 PepsiCo proposal that Mountain View, California, change its name to Mountain Dew. Not too many years before that, Half.com persuaded residents of Halfway, Oregon, to change their town's name. Bizarre ...READ»

Where Are the Women?

By now, plenty were supposed to be in the corner offices. It's not working out that way. In many fields, men still rule, while women often choose more nuanced paths that keep them from reaching the top. But who are the real winners?READ»

Coming Clean on 'AquaFib'

The No. 1 bottled water in the country, Pepsico’s Aquafina, is re-purified municipal drinking water. Yep: Pepsi bottlers around the country tap into the local tap water supply, put the water through an intensive purification ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

What's the Big Idea?

Readers pick the Fast Forward list's 101st item.READ»

Circus Acts

Are you walking a tightrope at the office? Professor Ella Bell looks to the big top to help executives unearth new insights about work and life.READ»

MBAS   |  1 comment

MBAs Rate the Recruiters

Some B-school rankings ask corporate recruiters to rate the top MBA programs. But the MBAs at Stanford Business School decided to turn the tables on that idea by recognizing the top recruiters. The winners: PepsiCo, Boston ...READ»

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ILLY   |  1 comment

Taste Test: Is Illy's Canned Coffee Premium Enough?

Last March, Illy and Coca-Cola partnered to create Ilko Coffee international and bring a line of Italian canned coffees to the U.S. (no point in letting Starbucks and PepsiCo chug-a-lug the $16 billion ready-to-drink coffee market ...READ»

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Double Features

Iconic conferences apparently come in pairs. Choose your winter agenda:READ»

Are you Superman or Clark Kent?

Do you part your hair the way Superman does or on the right as Clark prefers? In recent years a pseudoscience non-verbal indicator has emerged around the theory that left-partedness signals leadership potential, while parting ...READ»

Leap from "What If" to "What Is" to strive in Asia post crisis

Leap from "What If" to "What Is" to strive post crisis. Innovation comes from the positive clash of ideas. No one will say ‘What If?’ if we all think the same.READ»

BRAND   |  1 comment

Pepsi’s new brand identity: Not what I call "refreshing".

Pepsi unveils a new logo and plans to spend $1.2billion to market the new brand. Is it a waste of money?READ»

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INNOVATION   |  Comment

News Fix: From the Ad World

Time Warner has launched a new viral campaign, Dunkin Donuts challenges Starbucks with a taste test, Pepsi embarks on a mammoth rebrand and Ivanka Trump endorses cheap lunches.READ»

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DESIGN   |  3 comments

Footballers in Tights Flog SoBe Water for Super Bowl [video]

What does it take to convince NFL superstars like Patriots All-Pro offensive lineman Matt Light (6 ft. 4inches, 305 pounds), New York Giants’s 274 pound defensive end Justin Tuck, and Baltimore Ravens's 250 pound tackle Ray Lewis ...READ»

Andy Pearson Finds Love

Twenty years ago, as CEO of PepsiCo, Andy Pearson was named one of the 10 toughest bosses in America. Now at Tricon, Pearson has found a new way to lead -- one based on personal humility and employee recognition.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Meeting Generation We

Driving my 4-year-old daughter home from school one day, it crystallized: Innovating for her generation will have to be faster, more personalized, more hyperconnected, more integrated, and more diverse. She couldn't understand why she ...READ»