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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
With roots tracing back to 1715 in London, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. The business has nearly 100,000 employees and operates in more than 150 countries. GlaxoSmithKline has three primary business segments: Pharmaceuticals (57% of revenue, 66% of segment profits): patented drugs treating bacterial, viral (including HIV), as well as respiratory, cardiovascular, urogenital, metabolic, dermatological, and immuno-inflammatory conditions. Vaccines (17% of revenue, 18% of segment profits): produces and distributes 25 vaccines around the world (about 800 million doses annually) to prevent diseases such as Meningitis, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Tetanus, HPV, Diphtheria, Influenza, Pertussis, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Typhoid, Varicella (Chicken Pox), Rotavirus, and Pneumococcal Pneumonia. Consumer Healthcare (26% of revenue, 15% of segment profits): [...]
Nike (NKE)
Founded as Blue Ribbon Sports in 1964, the company changed its name to Nike (NKE) in 1971 and is the largest sports footwear and apparel company in the world today. The global business sells shoes, sports apparel, equipment, and accessories in nine major market segments: basketball, Air Jordan, football, men’s and women’s training, action sports, sportswear, and golf. Some of its key brands are Nike, Jordan, Hurley, and Converse. Nike has three main reporting units: Footwear, Apparel, and Equipment. The Footwear segment is by far the largest source of sales, but apparel is the major growth driver. Footwear: 65% of revenue, growing at 2% in constant currency basis Apparel: 31% of revenue, growing at 7% in constant currency [...]
Omnicom (OMC)
Omnicom (OMC) was formed in 1986 and is one of the largest providers of advertising and marketing communication services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries. As a full-service agency, Omnicom provides numerous services, including designing ad campaigns, making the actual ads, determining where the ads should be placed and distributed, media buying, account management, public relations, consulting, and more. Most clients use ad agencies to perform all tasks of a campaign and prefer to conduct most of their business with just one or two agencies to streamline costs and efficiencies. Omnicom holds more than 1,500 advertising agencies that specialize in over 30 marketing disciplines, including branding, content marketing, digital marketing, data analytics, instore design, advertising, [...]
Kraft Heinz (KHC)
Kraft Heinz (KHC) has roots dating back to 1869. The company was formed by the $45 billion merger of Heinz and Kraft in 2015 which created the fifth largest food maker in the world, and the third largest in the U.S. with more than $25 billion in revenue. Today Kraft Heinz operates 83 manufacturing facilities around the world. The company sells products in over 190 countries under numerous household brand names such as: Heinz, Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Velveeta, Lunchables, Planters, Maxwell House, Capri Sun, Ore-Ida, Kool-Aid, Jell-O. Kraft Heniz's sales are highly diversified by food type: Condiments and sauces: 25% of revenue Cheese & dairy: 21% Frozen meals: 10% Meats & seafood: 10% Shelf-stable meals: 9% The [...]