Events

A forward-thinking, business-savvy Chief Information Officer is critical to the competitive consumer goods company, particularly over the last few years as new technologies have changed the game. To honor the modern IT leader, CGT introduced its very first CIO of the Year Award in 2013. Read on to meet the finalists and winner.

To succeed in creating effective predictive analytics models that generate actionable findings, consumer goods organizations need to develop a strategy that ties the technology to business operations in a more pervasive and comprehensive approach throughout the enterprise. Here, experts from Accenture and SAP reveal how to get closer to the customer through effective predictive analytics.

The Award was created to recognize exceptional brands making international sustainability strides in five categories including Green Formulations, Sustainable Packaging, Sustainable Ingredient, Sustainability Pioneer and Sustainability Leadership.

A new study exploring how todays consumers have dramatically changed the way they interact with brands found that 100 percent of consumer brand manufacturers plan to increase their mobile marketing spend with 44 percent predicting increases of more than 10 percent.

Earlier this week,Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. President and CEO Mike Duke assuredinvestors Walmart will win no matter what environment it's in. "When you go to our stores, you're going to see fantastic new merchandise, aggressive investments in price through lots of rollbacks and better in-stock levels. We're focusing on execution to deliver results." Here's a review of progress that's been made and Walmart's plans for the future.

CGT Editor Ali Ackerman gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.

Today, Mondelez International is a global snacking powerhouse uniquely built to deliver sustainable, profitable growth due to its many competitive advantages.

Many of the consumer goods industrys most innovative thinkers met last week to deepen their understanding of driving true innovation both on the disruptive and incremental fronts. Here is a recap of the insights shared between industry heavyweights and entrepreneurial startups.