Corporate Governance

E-commerce is the fastest growing retail market in Europe, despite the majority of online trade being limited to within each states own borders. Here, Matt Duncombe, partner at DLA Piper, explains how the EU Consumer Rights Directive (coming up on its 1 year anniversary) offers protection to consumers buying across borders and guidance to global retailers in managing their online sales. Specifically, Duncombe highlights nine aspects of the directive and discusses what they mean for online retailers.

Find out who will fill The WhiteWave Foods Company new Chief Operating Officer position and assume responsibility for all global operations of the company.

U.S biopharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. and Ireland-based Allergan plc announce they will merge, in a historic $160 billion deal that could allow Pfizer to escape U.S. corporate tax rates by moving its headquarters to Dublin.

Through a new partnership with EDF Renewable Energy, Procter & Gamble announces plans to meet its electricity demands by using 100 percent wind power to make its fabric and home care brands.

Pork producer Smithfield Foods' Chief Executive Officer C. Larry Pope will retire December 31, 2015. Find out who will replace Pope as CEO.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. announces plans to spin off its Lamb Weston frozen potato products business into a separate public company.

The TerraCycle business model was born from the idea that if you could find a way to make high-quality affordable consumer products from waste, you could create a business with two revenue streams. In other words,get paid to collect material, and get paid for the resulting product or recycled commodity you create from that material. With its business model in tact, but no ability to spend money on paid advertising, TerraCycle had to approach marketing in a unique way since the very early days. In this month's cover story, TerraCycle divulges its recipe for marketing success without a budget.

Many consumer goods companies have already invested in trade management technology, but often fail to close the loop with post-event analysis and, therefore, never have the opportunity to elevate the discussion to a strategic level with retail customers. Here's how.