Well, I can’t leave without posting one last item. Here goes:

A month after being sued by a high-profile former employee for alleged gender discrimination, Anheuser-Busch has asked the St. Louis City Circuit Court to dismiss the lawsuit or send it to binding…

I apologize for the lateness of this blog post, but the last few days have been pretty busy. This is one news alert that was actually difficult to write. Chalk the delay up to mixed emotions.

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The Washington Times‘ Tim Lemke has a fascinating interview with Tony Ponturo, who retired about a year ago as Anheuser-Busch’s vice president of global media, sports and entertainment marketing.

Ponturo was arguably one of the most influential people…

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When the folks at Beer Marketer’s Insights checked several months back, Anheuser-Busch was essentially holding its market share steady in St. Louis, despite a massive round of job cuts, less than deft PR and turmoil after InBev’s takeover.

But…

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How big should Schlafly be?

The St. Louis Brewery Inc., which does business as “Schlafly,” is riding a big wave of demand. Sales are up about 30 percent this year, and the company is in the middle…

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We would like to thank St. Louis University for the delicious coffee and pastry we enjoyed this morning, as well as for the interesting discussion of Budweiser’s global prospects. That discussion touched off the Boeing Institute of…

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We have heartily enjoyed helping to put together the Post-Dispatch’s four-day series on the first anniversary of Anheuser-Busch InBev. In case you’ve missed some of the work, here is a compilation, just in time for the…

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The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating piece about the life and times of management theorist Russell Ackoff, who died Oct. 29 at age 90. Ackoff, apparently, put his stamp on a number of big companies,…

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We will be on KMOV’s “Extra Edition” on Saturday morning (channel 4, 10 a.m. central time) to discuss the one-year anniversary of Anheuser-Busch InBev, and what it means for St. Louis. Should be fun. Consider this…

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If we know Dave Peacock, he’ll probably shrug off this recognition. But we found it fascinating that Peacock was high on the list of Advertising Age’s list of “Power Players.” Peacock is No. 7. AdAge points out that…