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		<title>Closure of &#8217;smaller&#8217; of Two Devens Massachusetts Packaging Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 01:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 23, 2006 Gillette announced the closure of a small packaging operation in Devens, eliminating about 100 jobs. The plant is expected to close by Oct 2006.
The &#34;pack to order&#34; operation, which caters to retailers that need special packaging or displays for promotional reasons, will be relocated to Greensboro, N.C., said Gillette spokesman Eric Kraus.
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		<title>P&amp;G To Close 200+ Distribution Centers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cincinnati Business Courier &#8211; April 7, 2006Procter &#38; Gamble plans to shutter more than half of its 475 distribution centers worldwide as part of a sweeping effort to cut overlapping operations and distill its shipping network following its acquisition of Gillette Co.
Procter declined to say which centers will close or how many of its American [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xgillette.wordpress.com&blog=37607&post=92&subd=xgillette&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When will Gillette&#8217;s Ivory Tower Crumble</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 22:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gillette occupies around 400,000 SF in Boston&#8217;s Prudential Center.  The top floors in the PRU are consisted prime real estate and can fetch $55 per square foot.
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		<title>Jones Lang LaSalle to Manage Procter &amp; Gamble Sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Januray 3, 2006
Jones Lang LaSalle to Manage Procter &#38; Gamble Sites The Procter &#38; Gamble Co. has chosen Jones Lang LaSalle to provide facilities and project management services for 147 sites totaling 4.7 million square feet in 55 countries following Procter &#38; Gamble&#8217;s recent acquisition of Wella A.G. and The Gillette Co.
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		<title>Sale of Gillette London/Isleworth Manufacturing Facility</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 11, 2006
NAI FullerPeiser and NAI Hunneman Broker $57 Million Sale of 10.25-Acre Gillette Manufacturing Facility in London
 BOSTON— NAI Hunneman Commercial, a leading provider of commercial real estate services to corporations, institutions and the private market, along with it&#8217;s London-based affiliate, NAI Fuller Peiser, announced that it has brokered the $57 million sale of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xgillette.wordpress.com&blog=37607&post=53&subd=xgillette&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gillette staff to be relocated to Singapore</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 16,2006
NEW DELHI: Gillette India today announced its merger plans with Procter and Gamble India in which operational synergies will be leveraged, even as they remain separate legal entities. The company will move over to P&#38;G’s distribution structure and gradually discontinue services of the 700-plus distributors engaged in mass trade of Gillette products.

The Boston-based blades [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xgillette.wordpress.com&blog=37607&post=51&subd=xgillette&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gillette Superstars Flown to Cincinnati</title>
		<link>http://xgillette.wordpress.com/2005/12/11/gillette-superstars-flown-to-cincinnati/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dec 1, 2005
Over the last couple of weeks several dozen &#8220;potential&#8221; candidates were flown from Boston to Cincinnati.  Procter and Gamble trying to avoid a complete brain drain decided to bring these individuals out to see the facilities and sites, and to speak with P&#38;G management.  During the visit &#8220;some&#8221; of the Gillette [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xgillette.wordpress.com&blog=37607&post=26&subd=xgillette&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>P&amp;G Sends Relocation Packets to Gillette Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dec 1, 2005
Raymond Buse III, a spokesman for the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, said his office has provided Procter &#38; Gamble with “hundreds” of relocation packages, as requested, to help with the Gillette takeover.
The packets include information about Cincinnati&#8217;s culture and housing, to prospective residents. He said the chamber also provided a few dozen [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xgillette.wordpress.com&blog=37607&post=25&subd=xgillette&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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