Loyalty Marketing

Dial commemorates its 65th anniversary this summer with the Dial $65K Gold Giveaway, a $65,000 sweepstakes in honor of the brand's golden heritage.

As we enter the second half of the year, the editors of CGT revisited the headiness that you read most. What do they tell us? You love a good list, especially if it predicts consumer trends OR ranks competitive products. Let us know what you think of these articles in retrospect. Did market predictions made ring true? Do the leading products still lead? Did key consumer trends take off or taper off? And what do you expect in the second half of 2013?

With the growing competition from Amazon.com across all sectors in which it competes, brands like Target, Best Buy, Walmart and others are looking to understand how to better compete against this ubiquitous retailer. Results from a new study show that many retailers have a way to go; specifically, for most brands measured, the local store outperforms its online counterpart.

Mark Osborn, global lead, Consumer Products Industry Marketing, SAP, provides a snapshot of the complex future consumer and realistic recommendations for turning him or her into your brand advocate.

In just a month since launch, Unilever's Dove Real Beauty Sketches film became the No. 1 viewed online video advertisement of all time. It has also been uploaded in 25 languages to 33 Dove YouTube Channels and has been viewed in more than 110 countries. Find out why and how the campaign evoked an unmatched emotional reaction in millions of consumers worldwide.

A new global ranking of fast moving consumer goods brands reveals the brands that are being bought by the most consumers, the most often. Coca-Cola leads the Top 50 list, while some surprising brands, like Maggi, make it into the top 10. And only one brand in the world reaches more than half of the global population.

Sparkling ICE dedicated extensive time and resources to consumer research and product development for the expanded lemonade varieties.

The company is set to launch its new national integrated marketing campaign, with outdoor, digital, social, print and experiential activations.