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Article: New product lessons, old and new. (editorial)
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- Prepared Foods
- Article date:
- January 1, 1991
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New product lessons, old and new
To most Americans, New Year's Day means a fresh start, new beginnings, resolutions...if nothing more, at least posting a new calendar.
For the staff of our sister publication, Gorman's New Product News (GNPN), the dawn of the new year means, first of all, a tally of the old.
In 1990, the new food products topped the 10,000 mark for the first time, officially stopping at 10,301.
For new product watchers, passing the 10,000 milestone is interesting not just for its numeric roundness, but because it indicates continued acceleration of product introductions despite repeated vows by cost-conscious execs ...