Events

L'Oreal USA today announces an open call for nominations for the fourth annual Women in Digital NEXT Generation Awards to encourage and empower women to pursue careers in the fields of digital marketing, technology and IT.

During the 2015 Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit, over 200 consumer goods executives met to discuss strategies that begin and end with the consumer. From social media to the marketing/IT alliance to digital and more, these sessions offered best practices and action items for attendees to bring back to their organizations. Read on to learn more about key highlights from the event.

Two new guidance documents have been published by GS1 US to support organizations evaluating their data quality program within their organizations. TheGS1 US Data Governance Best Practice Guidancedocument provides industry best practices that businesses can implement to improve data governance processes, whiletheData Governance Assessment Guidehelps gauge the effectiveness of a companys data governance processes and procedures.

Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream, a micro-lending and coaching program for small business owners working in food, beverage and craft brewing, announces it will host its regional Pitch Room competition and small business Speed Coaching event in San Diego.

On June 1, consumer goods executives met to discuss strategies that begin and end with the consumer. With social media being a major part of the conversations happening at the 12^th annual Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit, it seems a natural fit to cover the top 20 tweets of the event.

The company will make a $1B investment in technology and supply chain, after the overwhelming demand for the launch of its Lilly Pulitzer collection shed a light on its digital capabilities.

What have you been reading about so far in 2015? This years top 10 list includes major industry announcements (think Heinz/Kraft merger), trends in food and retail, and of course, financial success (top 100 registry).

Presented at the 2015 Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit, the second annual award honors the unique and powerful role of todays marketing leaders in the increasingly competitive consumer goods industry.