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ETHICS   |  6 comments

Coke and Pepsi Unite to Fight Crime

A female Coca-Cola employee and two men were arrested in Atlanta yesterday for allegedly stealing confidential information from the Coca-Cola Co. and trying to sell it to PepsiCo Inc. Pepsi alerted their rival when a letter, sealed ...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»

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»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Andy Pearson, Remembered

Andrall ("Andy") Pearson died March 11 in Palm Beach at the age of 80. Pearson was a friend of the family, as they say--one of the original seed investors in Fast Company and a guy who helped shape the focus and strategy of the ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Jones Soda's Secret

Peter van Stolk is getting people jonesin' for his soda by turning the brand over to them.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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The Sustainable Cola Wars March On With Coke's "Commitment 2020" Plan

The green cola wars began in March, when both Pepsi and Coke made good on their plans to remove toxic hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) from their vending machines. Now the wars continue as Coke attempts to best Pepsi in overall ...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»

Beverage Marketers Have Created Idea Triggers Better Than Anyone.

They're so good that they're routinely co-opted for political purposes.READ»

The Glass Ceiling vs. the Gray Ceiling

At a women's leadership conference last week, Sherry Lansing, former chair of Paramount Pictures' Motion Picture Group, shared a story meant to encourage the women in attendance to keep on keepin' on. Thirty years ago, she said, ...READ»