LABEL December 2013 | Page 12

LABEL Issue III NEWS International Danone sign up customer insight firm in UK yogurt market drive Food processing giant Danone has signed up customer insight and analytics firm Symphony EYC to support a new drive in the UK yogurt sector.French-based Danone, who own Shape, Activia and Actimel, say the deal will enable them to add value to retailer partners by maximising category performance within the yogurt segment of UK supermarkets. Debenhams' Suzanna Harlow appointed to board of directors Department store Debenhams has appointed Suzanna Harlow to the board of directors as Group Trading Director. Harlow, who has been at Debenhams for nearly 20 years, has led the design, buying and merchandising functions of the business since 2008. Before this she was Trading Director for Women’s wear, Lingerie and Beauty between 2005 and 2008. Alibaba sets record with $5.75bn one day sales on world's largest online shopping event China's biggest online shopping company, Alibaba has reportedly set record in online sales by processing goods worth more than 5.75 billion dollars in one-day shopping free fest. Sainsbury’s-Tesco dispute to take ASA to court UK's second biggest supermarket, S