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Ethic Award 2010

Indicod-Ecr renews its sponsorship of the prize that recognizes businesses’ commitment to sustainable development

Companies have until September 30^th to register for the Ethic Award 2010, the prize for a sustainable future, now in its seventh edition, organized by GDOWEEK, the retail magazine published by the 24 ORE Group.

Sponsored by Indicod-Ecr, the prize recognizes and awards the best “sustainable development” projects implemented by retailers and consumer goods, services and equipment businesses across Italy.

For more information: http://www.gdoweek.it/articoli/0,1254,44_ART_55,00.html

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ECR Belgium: Advanced CATMAN training

On the 25/11, ECR Belgium will hold its Advanced CATMAN training in collaboration with Ld & Co and GFK.

Concept
Belgium’s leading retailers have become very active in mining and exploiting their loyalty card database. They exploit the database to better understand their shoppers, to define actionable shopper segments and to develop effective, segmented commercial plans.  Suppliers might perceive this evolution either as a threat, or as an opportunity.
This seminar helps to understand the opportunities offered by this new reality and explains how to successfully exploit these in the interest of both of the retailer and the supplier.  As such, the training will offer the knowledge and skills, required to strengthen account plans via  shopper marketing, trade marketing or category management support.

 Content
The training will teach the participants how to identify and address the growth opportunities at key retailers and how to use shopper segmentation to effectively address these growth opportunities in a pragmatic way. 

This will be delivered via a combination of interactive presentations and practical workshops, aimed at stimulating maximum interaction between the participants.  The workshops are built around a realistic business case, which will be solved via intensive analysis of household panel data. 

For more information, the specific program and registration, please visit our website:
http://www.gs1belu.org/nl/advanced-category-management-training
or download the leaflet: http://www.gs1belu.org/files/Advertentie_AdvancedCatman2010.pdf

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Latest Newsletter from ECR Australasia

ECR Australasia has released the latest issue of its newseletter ECR Extra for August 2010. Articles include Winning with Promotions; Loss Prevention;  Product Recall Portal; and, Winning in January. The upcoming ECRA Conference is also featured. To download ECR Extra click here.

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ECR Availability Survey results – August 2010

ECR UK’s availability survey audits 200 supermarkets, spread among the five main operators across England, Scotland and Wales. The survey was conducted by Logobrand on behalf of ECR UK and the results are reported through a dedicated website, www.ecrsurvey.co.uk.

The latest results from ECR UK’s On-Shelf Availability Survey came in at 97.68%, compared to 98.08% for June. The survey, which was conducted between 12 – 18 August 2010, revealed that 34 products achieved 100% availability:

Read more of this Review

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Dmitry Medvedev has signed amendments to the Tax Code to allow the use of electronic invoicing

Since 2003 ECR Russia has been actively promoting the idea of e-invoicing and finally July 30, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the Amendments to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation. This law, in particular, provides an amendment to Article 169 of the Tax Code, by which allowes to use electronic invoicing. By the end of 2010, is expected to be taken by relevant laws to enable invoicing (Russian Ministry of Finance), and set out the format of the invoices received and the register of invoices, purchase books and booksSales.

Currently, ECR is preparing a report for formal submission to the Federal Tax Service regarding the pilot project to implement electronic invoicing, which participants were Metro Cash & Carry, Kraft Foods and the company SKB Kontur.

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A Global Language for Packaging and Sustainability

This is the first outcome of the Consumer Goods Forum Sustainability Pillar. We look forward to many more successful products emerging from the programme that will assist our businesses in this very important area.

This Global Packaging Project addresses the need in our industry for a common language to enable intelligent and informed discussion between our businesses on sustainable packaging, and paves the way for meaningful cooperation across our industries.

The team responsible for this report and the other project activities has included experts and practitioners from across the entire packaging chain; retailers, manufacturers, converters, associations and more. This embodies a principle of inclusiveness that we will ensure is part of all of our activity.

Most importantly, the report delivers a framework and measurement system that trading partners can use to help them make better, more informed decisions about packaging and sustainability. The framework includes common definitions and principles, agreed metrics and indicators and guidance on usage.

We trust that you will find time to read the report and ensure it has the right impact within your business or organisation. We would in particular ask you to: “ensure your company’s full commitment to the pilot programme currently underway” start the process of internalising the work “engage with your trading partners to promote the framework and the measurement system“.

With best wishes

Sir Terry Leahy CEO, Tesco plc

Board Sponsors for Sustainability Consumer Goods Forum

Paul Polman CEO, Unilever Read more of this Review

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12th ECR Asia Pacific Conference

12th ECR Asia Pacific Conference

4th – 6th October, 2010

Crowne Plaza Mutiara Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

www.ecrap2010.org Download a Brochure

ECR Malaysia in collaboration with the ECR Asia Pacific and the Consumer Goods Forum are organising the 12th ECR Asia Pacific Conference with the theme “Driving Sustainability for a Brighter Future”.

Entering the second decade of ECR initiative in the Asia Pacific region, the regional conference provides a global platform for thought leadership and networking between retailers, manufacturers, suppliers and their business partners. The conference offers networking opportunities to key players in the supply chain sector as well as the sharing of best practices at the highest level. The ECR Asia Pacific programmes and initiatives to date are predominantly in the area of key strategic and practical issues affecting the fast moving consumer goods sector. The focus is on non-competitive collaboration process improvement. Read more of this Review

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ECR Hong Kong Newsletter

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The European Congress for E-Invoicing & E-Billing: 11-12 October 2010

About the European EXPP Summit
The European EXPP Summit is one of the leading congresses on the subject of E-Invoicing and E- Billing. It is the main meeting place for all E-Invoicing experts from around Europe, offering a perfect platform to gather and share information on the latest trends and developments. The 6th European EXPP Summit takes place in Munich from 11th to 12th October. Read more of this Review

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ECR Community: Be in Touch!

Dear Guests of ECR Community,

We would like to remind you that all “fresh” & “hot” news from ECR Community, as well as other interesting thoughts and notes connected with retail and trade, you could find here, but also on our official accounts in Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn! Join us to participate in discussions and just to be in touch.
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Antitrust: new rules for manufacturers and retailers

On 1 June, the European antitrust regulation became stricter than ever before.  The new European Commission Regulation 330/2010 entered into force (replacing the previous EU Commission Regulation no. 2790/1999) and will apply to vertical agreements and concerted practices stipulated between manufacturers and retailers after 31 May 2010 (those already in force have a one-year grace period for compliance). The regulation will remain in effect until 31 May 2022.

The new regulation was illustrated on 29 June in Milan during the seminar organized by ECR in cooperation with HoganLovells law offices, entitled: “The new antitrust laws in vertical relationships between manufacturing and retail: understanding them to minimize risk”. The seminar was a prelude to the specific training session on this issue that Indicod-Ecr has planned for 27 October 2010, also in Milan.

Read more of this Review

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ECR IN EUROPE. NATIONAL INITIATIVES COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

There are currently 23 national ECR initiatives or organisations within Europe with different activity plans, business models and governance.

These initiatives gather over 1’800 leading companies as well as SMEs operating at national level, thus representing a critical mass within the consumer goods industry. These ECR initiatives are the voice of local business needs at international level.

To date, these ECR initiatives/organisations have issued more than 250 Best Practices blue books covering the different areas of the ECR strategy (demand, supply chain, enabling technologies, integrators) and optimizing other interface topics between manufacturers and retailers (OSA, traceability, sustainability, category management, POS data … The National ECR have procured topics and speakers for the ECR Europe Conferences and Forums for years.

The national ECR initiatives are a loosely-knit network of organisations which meet together with the objective of sharing information about ECR best practices amongst themselves for the benefit of their organisations and their national company members. There is no top-down or bottom-up approaches between national initiatives/organisations. In 2001, they created a “national ECR initiatives group” that is currently sponsored by ECR Europe. This group works closely with ECR Europe by participating to or initiating working groups. Read more of this Review

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ECR Europe looking to recruit new Managing Director

As of 2011 ECR Europe will be working under a new independent Managing Director and is currently looking for suitable candidates.

The successful applicant will

• be a leader with broad management and public capabilities, as well as outstanding interpersonal and communication skills;
• have a passion for our Consumer Goods Industry and its future opportunities;
• be a person with vision, capable of leading the Association in a dynamic industry during on-going evolution and change;
• have demonstrated strategic planning ability and skill at delivering results in an entrepreneurial environment;
• have a track record of successfully leading and building consensus in complex environments;
• possess excellent spoken and written English; a good command of other languages is important.

Qualified candidates can request the full job profile from the ECR Europe Secretariat (ecr@ecreurope.com). The deadline for applications is 15 August.

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Summertime job

Summertime, traditionally a bit lower season for ECR activities is used by ECR Poland to finalise the restructuring process and migrate the website to the ECR-ALL.org platform – a current work in progress!

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ECR Europe conference on 5-6 April 2011 – Call for Proposals

“Meeting the future together” – this will be the theme of the next ECR Europe  annual conference & marketplace in Brussels on 5-6 April 2011. ECR Europe is inviting poposals for content from the ECR Community by 24 September.

After the toughest economic conditions in living memory, the question for Europe’s consumer goods industry is simple: where do we go from here?

As manufacturers and retailers fight for market share and try to stay one step ahead in the battle for the consumer’s affections, the ECR Europe Conference & Marketplace returns next spring to examine the burning issues. Read more of this Review

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New ECR Europe publication on shrinkage

Find & Download this Report in ECRoPEDIA!