Events

Retailers and CG executives learned ways to better leverage advanced analytics and take decisive action to deliver results at the 2016 Retail & Consumer Goods Analytics Summit. Here are some highlights from the event.

Themed around understanding the 365-consumer, the 2016 Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit united sales, marketing and IT professionals in New York City to explore success stories and lessons learned from partner and peer companies alike.

Even though many recent headlines about millennials carry a negative tone, as this generation matures, its no secret that their impact as both consumers and employees is being strongly felt, particularly by traditional consumer goods organizations.

Marketers who analyze how supermarket shoppers navigate a category and make the necessary pricing and merchandising changes could see increased conversion rates. 

Amazon's second go at its manufactured holiday, Prime Day, obliterated its single-day sales from last year. Customer orders surpassed Prime Day 2015 by more than 60% worldwide and more than 50% in the U.S. during the second annual Prime Day, which was the biggest day ever for Amazon.

Formerly known as biomanufacturing science training centers, the new M Lab Collaboration Centers provide a simulated manufacturing environment for experiments, troubleshooting and problem solving.

Some wins for consumer goods companies include toys and shoes topping the list with more than two million purchased by members, and the most popular Amazon Dash Button brands purchased on Prime Day were Cascade, Charmin and Tide. Here are other highlights from Prime Day 24 hours later.

Available on Android and iOS, beauty enthusiasts now have 130 new emojis to enhance their conversations about personal style, makeup trends and more.