Finance & Capital Management

The acquisition of Acquity Group will expand Accenture's capabilities in key areas of digital marketing and e-commerce, complementing its strengths in strategy, analytics, scaled technology enablement and marketing operations.

Bayer signs an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany, a privately held pharmaceutical company specializing in pharmacy-only herbal medicines.

With new market advancements, L'Oreal's ecosystem of suppliers and vendors has grown exponentially. A new cloud analytics solution is expected help marketing and procurement gain immediate and broad access to global data to make faster and more insightful decisions.

There is a paradigm shift happening today among CIOs in the consumer goods industry. The role is in a state of transition from just keeping the lights on to powering business opportunities. Here, Dr Pepper Snapple Groups CIO explains how he challenged the status quo to drive rapid continuous improvements across the business.

Groupe Danone will assume the role of parent company providing additional resources allowing Happy Family to pioneer even more new products.

The new treasurer succeeds Nancy Loewe, who will continue to serve as the company's chief strategy officer.

Post plans to combine the acquired business with its Attune Foods business, a branded ready to eat cereal business Post acquired in December 2012.

With volatile commodity prices impacting COGS and inability to raise prices, CG firms are forced to consider reducing trade spend while simultaneously ensuring that remaining spend delivers maximum impact. It's worth asking the question -- does your organization have a trade ROI mindset?