The new President for Kraft Foods Europe began his career with the company in 1992 and has progressed through a number of marketing, strategy and general management roles.
General Mills has licensed the Yoplait brand from Yoplait since 1977, and operates the Yoplait business in the United States. Today, General Mills Yoplait USA business holds the No. 1 brand position in the U.S. yogurt category.
The first 10 spots on the annual Top 100 retailer list from STORES magazine hold the same names as last year, but pressures from the uncertain economy and the impact of online retail are forcing them to make changes to stay ahead.
As shoppers economic concerns eased somewhat in the wake of the recession, some industry observers predicted that store brands would give up their recent gains as the economy rebounded. To the contrary, store brand sales reaching $88.5 billion overall, an all-time high.
A global survey of 804 IT decision makers and 1,040 consumer IT users finds that consumer use of smartphones, social networks and cloud services are fundamentally changing the way that enterprises do business.
The new structure is expected to allow for a more efficient rollout of increasingly bigger and more scalable innovations, and the optimization of resources behind strategic priorities.
