The Australian Financial Review spoke with Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo's chief executive, about what design means to her, the challenges in changing a culture, and her proudest achievement.
Launched in 1935, KitKat has become one of the worlds top consumer goods brands in social media, thanks toits knack for leveraging moment marketing the ability to move fast and leverage topical or news events.
IRI is partnering with workforce management platform Gigwalk, to form a data alliance that combines syndicated and crowdsourced data to give joint customers a real-time view into retail execution.
PepsiCos research and development used to be focused on brand refreshes but were now working with a whole new strategy that is paying off in buckets, says its global R&D head.
The chief executive of Heineken, the world's third largest brewer, told CNBC that he expected to see continued sales growth in emerging markets, despite the occasional "hiccup" in the future. Heineken reported higher first-half results than markets expected as it increased profit in all regions except Africa.
Nestle opens its new Nestle Research & Development Center in Solon, Ohio, the completion of a $50 million, two-year project to establish this global center.