Loyalty Marketing

By partnering with Twitter, PepsiCo is providing fans exclusive content and engaging millions of people around the world through one of their key passion points music.

A new study recently polled more than 38,500 American consumers about more than 1,500 lifestyle, product and service brands to reveal which brands Americans are likely to reach for when they are hungry. Find out why Chobani, Lays and Oreo were deemed Brands of the Year in their respective categories.

Multi-award-winning Hollywood Producer and digital marketing expert Van Vandegrift will headline the 2012 Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing and reveal how major brand owners are successfully executing online campaigns to win at the shelf.

Did you know that only 17 percent of Facebook members reside in the United States? That means that consumer goods brands must move their digital reach into global markets to capture the other 83 percent. Heres a look at which consumer goods brands already lead in Facebooks top 10 countries.

While a fickle economy forced many retailers into challenging periods of deep discounting, some top retail brands have stayed above the fray. In a recent survey of Americans about brands across several retail segments, Walgreens emerged as the first ever drugstore brand of the year; Target stores was top-ranked for second straight year; and Woot.com replaced Groupon as the best daily deal web site.

Consumer goods marketers are still wrestling with fundamental questions when it comes to digital investments: How much should I spend on digital? Where should I spend it? What will be the value of my investment? Jerry Lohse, Senior Director, Accenture Interactive, answers these questions and more.

Pepsi's global campaign launches in the U.S. with "Pepsi Pulse," an interactive digital platform that will operate in real time, curating and serving up trending pop-culture content, entertainment news and consumer incentives.

Going direct to consumer is top of mind with CG executives today. But are companies really ready to take on this new wave of consumer interactions? The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) recently polled CG executives across the globe to better understand how companies are engaging directly with consumers. Here, industry experts discuss the research results and provide recommendations.