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M&A this week: Anheuser-Busch Companies, Cranswick plc, Fairfax India Holdings

Anheuser-Busch Companies has announced that it will acquire American brewery Devils Backbone Brewing Company in a deal expected to be…
Deals this week: Vini Cosmetics, Innis & Gunn Brewing, Buttermilk Confections

India-based personal care products Vini Cosmetics Pvt Ltd has announced plans to raise a sum of Rs4bn ($60.44m) from private…
M&As this week: PDC Brands, NOVOLEX, Tetra Pak

PDC Brands, a worldwide consumer product company, has acquired beauty firm Original Additions from private equity firm LDC (Managers) in…
Consumer Confusion: The biopolymer sector

Particularly for consumer goods and food & beverage packaging, transparency is a critical feature that can enhance the way a…
Generation Y: The millennial consumer

Millennials - those born between 1980 and 2000 - are set to take over the consumer market in the coming…

A Positive Label: A cost-effective addition

When philosopher Soren Kierkegaard said "once you label me, you negate me", it's unlikely he was talking about the packaging…
Feeling Flexible: Meeting demographics and lifestyles

Flexible packaging is a hit across all markets and regions, and according to Canadean research, it will soon take over…
Appealing aesthetics: adding value to brands through packaging

Mainstream brands that are deploying special effects include Carlsberg, which in 2010, introduced a new embossed bottle for the UK…
The smell of success: scented packaging

Scented Packaging Boosts Brands: Smell of Success Creating innovative and appealing designs that distinguish products from competitors is a constant…
Putting the ‘Pop’ in Packaging: How has e-commerce changed the industry?

In the last two years, lead times for a whole swathe of operators have been reduced from two to three…