Strategy

ThreeSixty Group closed out 2016 by announcing its acquisition of The Sharper Image brand and its intellectual property assets from Iconix Brand Group for $100 million in cash.

Although the need for a direct-to-consumer sales strategy would seem to be a foregone conclusion for the consumer goods industry, many individual companies are apparently still on the fence.

NFI Consumer Healthcare has acquired the e.p.t. over-the-counter pregnancy test brand from Prestige Brands Holdings.

Staples promoted Faisal Masud to the newly created role of chief technology officer.

The sky is not a delivery limit for Amazon, which made its first package drop by drone to a test customer near Cambridge, England earlier this month.

Mondelez International’s Oreo is piloting a more flexible, agile supply chain model this holiday season that lets it have more direct interaction with shoppers.