Marketing

When consumer feedback consistently showed a preference for even more varieties of flavors and seasonings at Green Giant, the General Mills R&D team turned to its open innovation strategy instead of starting from scratch.

When it comes to marketing, most consumer goods companies have turned their attention toward integrated digital marketing campaigns.
P&G has certainly jumped on the bandwagon, but it hasnt given up on the good old-fashioned ways of marketing either with social tie-ins of course. Earlier this month, P&G set out to prove the superiority of its products with a freebie bonanza on the streets of NYC.

A whopping 52 percent of U.S. consumers are buying directly online from brands they trust, proving that CPG companies now have far greater opportunities to walk alongside shoppers. Experts from Hershey, GMA and PwC weigh in on how digital channels, mobile adoption and D2C are rewriting the rules of retailing and CPG manufacturing.

David Roth and Rick Bacher of Get Stirred Up, will be in charge of providing a full suite of brand management and design services -- from positioning to package design, website redesign and in-store and online marketing.

The company plans to acquire a market leader in the assortment segment of the sweet biscuits category in China and Hong Kong, where growth in sweet biscuits is outpacing the growth of the $60 billion global sweet biscuits market.

The brands collaborate on the KitchenAid Soda Maker "Powered by SodaStream".

The acquisition, Nestls first investment in an online content property, is a major step in the companys efforts to better serve and enhance the lives of consumers through digital technology and content.

Reckitt Benckiser unveils its innovative water footprint measurement approach and how it helps people improve their health and hygiene as part of betterbusiness, its new sustainability strategy.