Marketing Tactics

CGT Editor Alliston Ackerman gives you a sneak peekinto the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.

The $48 billion company'sIn-Market Testing for Growth group is using the APT Test & Learn Analyticsto evaluate a broad range of projects, including new items, restages, in storere-designs and retail coverage models.

Watch candid Q&A videosfrom the industry thought leaders that presented at this year's premier eventfor innovation-focused executives in the CG industry.

This transaction is a part of Sara Lee's ongoing process of divesting its International Household and Body Care business.

Skinner reveals what itwill take for manufacturers and retailers to effectively connect to the shopperof the future.

An audit of 100 national retailers tracks phenomenal growth of Facebook as a platform for branding and social promotions. Case in point: Retailers with 1 million or more likers averaged nearly 40 percent growth between mid-July and mid-September in 2010. Click here to learn more about this audit.

Watch out Oprah. Move over Lady Gaga. The leading ladies of the consumer goods industry are taking over Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women.

The fashion and beauty brand uses a solution to store all of its U.S. customer data generated from every touch-point. As a result, Dior achieved a double digit increase in response to its Fall/Winter catalog versus the previous season's mailer.