Marketing Tactics

Anthony Bigornia, director, Global Consumer Products Industry Solutions and IBM Industry Academy Member, explains how consumer goods companies can leverage hyper-local external data for growth.

Avocados From Mexico, Dallas. The following have been voted to the new AFM board of directors: Mike Browne, chairman; Antonio Villasenor, vice chair; Ricardo Vega, treasurer; Martin Mendoza, director; Ramon Paz, director; Gary Caloroso, director; Armando Lopez, director; and Ron Campbell, director.

The TerraCycle business model was born from the idea that if you could find a way to make high-quality affordable consumer products from waste, you could create a business with two revenue streams. In other words,get paid to collect material, and get paid for the resulting product or recycled commodity you create from that material. With its business model in tact, but no ability to spend money on paid advertising, TerraCycle had to approach marketing in a unique way since the very early days. In this month's cover story, TerraCycle divulges its recipe for marketing success without a budget.

Many consumer goods companies have already invested in trade management technology, but often fail to close the loop with post-event analysis and, therefore, never have the opportunity to elevate the discussion to a strategic level with retail customers. Here's how.

New Partners Deliver Digital Shopper Solution. News America Marketing, New York, has partnered with Boston-based programmatic advertising solution provider OwnerIQ on the release of a new product the two companies say is a powerful combination of geo-scoring and shopper data that is unique in the industry. 

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

Nestle's Nescafe brand is one of the first to partner with Facebook to launch an immersive video.

Seafood company Gorton's announces a commitment to simplify ingredients for all of the brand's items by the end of 2017. Find out how else the list of ingredients will change.