Consumer Affairs & Relations

General Mills has tailored its 2017 new-product lineup to capitalize on what the consumer packaged goods company see as "a dramatic rise in snacking around the globe as consumers adapt their eating habits to increasingly busy lifestyles."

The transaction gives Stanley Black & Decker the rights to develop, manufacture and sell Craftsman-brand products in non-Sears Holdings retail, industrial and online sales channels across the U.S. and in other countries.

Deutsche Bank’s Bill Schmitz reveals what drives valuation in consumer goods and analyzes the impact of pivotal market trends.

When the annual Rose Parade makes its 128th procession down the streets of Pasadena, CA, on Jan. 2, the Ragú brand will be celebrating the kickoff of its 80th anniversary with a float in the parade entitled "Simmered in Tradition."

Salt of the Earth Ltd. is expanding production of its all-natural "Mediterranean Umami" clean-label sodium-reduction ingredient.

Japan Tobacco International’s president and CEO, Thomas A. McCoy, will be retiring on March 31, 2017. Eddy Pirard, currently executive VP, Business Development, Corporate Affairs and Corporate Communications, will succeed him.

Nearly all growth in the consumer goods industry over the next 10 years will be driven by companies that successfully engage directly with consumers. That prediction starkly illustrates the unprecedented disruption that's taking place within the consumer goods industry.