Author Archives: Donna Whitaker

What We’re Reading —

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

GDP Growing at 2.1%, Purchasing Execs Say The February Purchasing Managers Index registered 50.1%, down 0.8 percentage point from the January reading of 50.9%, according to Timothy R. Fiore, chair of the Institute

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F.Y.I. —

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Major Brands ‘Using Forced Uighur Labor’ in China, Report Says The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) identified at least 27 factories across China where detainees from camps in the western region of Xinjiang had been relocated since

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Molson Coors’ Milwaukee Brewery is Reopening Today

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Counseling services will be provided at the facility.  An employee killed five coworkers Wednesday.  As for any thought that Wisconsin legislature might enact tougher gun law,

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Beer Sales Rose 6% in January

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

That’s according to IRI, which says FMBs, including hard seltzers, grew nearly 60% in the first four weeks of 2020.  Nonalcoholics grew 44.7%.  IRI attributes that to interest in Dry

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CBrands: Our Corona Sales Are Doing Just Fine, Up 5% in 4-Week Period

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

We reported last week that a survey by a public relations firm sought to answer the question, “what’s in a name.”  The survey found consumers were avoiding Corona beer

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About the Novel Coronavirus

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Donna Whitaker

Those of us in media jump on any trend and ride it to death.  So it’s not surprising that the novel coronavirus is getting a lot of play.  Our policy at BND is to leave it to other media to

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