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Prepare to Launch: Breathable Foods Breathed Life into New Product
Breathable Foods aims to revolutionize the delivery of nutrients and sensations using novel aerosol delivery forms. In late 2010, the company prepared to launch its flagship offering, which delivers and airborne shot of caffeine in a compact inhaler the size of a lipstick.
Problem Solving: WD-40 Creates a New Branded Category Solution
Very few brands will ever match the popularity and consumer loyalty of WD-40 Multi Use Product. Silence a squeaky door hinge? Check. Clean crayon from walls? Yes. Dissolve rust from metal surfaces? Unfortunately, not as much as some end users need and want.

Snyder's-Lance Opens New R&D Center

The sixty-thousand square foot, three story building was designed from the ground up to be environmentally friendly.
Are Women Climbing the CG Corporate Ladder?

A list of the top 50 companies for executive women, compiled by the National Association for Female Executives, includes Johnson & Johnson, General Mills and Procter & Gamble. Ironically, however, another study supports the notion that women are no further up the corporate ladder than they were six years ago.
Reckitt Benckiser Reshapes Company Strategy

?The company intensifies its focus on Health & Hygiene and faster growing consumer markets to fuel another decade of market outperformance.
General Mills Reveals Brand New Innovation Process

The General Mills Worldwide Innovation Network shares key insights of its X3 Process, a new approach developed to provide a step-by-step roadmap for the company's open innovation projects. Why share? General Mills anticipates others will find success using the non-linear approach to guide innovation efforts as well.
Readers' Choice Survey 2012

For the 12th year in a row, CGT handed the microphone over to our readers to identify their most valued technology solutions and service providers across 10 categories. Based on their uncensored opinions and real-world experiences, the results are honest indicators of how the industry is approaching technology adoption.
Walmart Unveils Private Label Packaging Icon

A year after pledging to develop a front-of-pack label that would give its customers an easier way to identify healthier food, Walmart unveils the Great For You icon.
PepsiCo Names 3 Brands to Billion-Dollar Status

PepsiCo announces that Diet Mountain Dew, Brisk and Starbucks ready-to-drink beverages have each grown to more than $1 billion in annual retail sales, expanding PepsiCo's portfolio of billion-dollar brands to 22.
Great Expectations

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

Prepare to Launch: Breathable Foods Breathed Life into New Product

Problem Solving: WD-40 Creates a New Branded Category Solution

Snyder's-Lance Opens New R&D Center

Are Women Climbing the CG Corporate Ladder?

Reckitt Benckiser Reshapes Company Strategy

General Mills Reveals Brand New Innovation Process

Readers' Choice Survey 2012

Walmart Unveils Private Label Packaging Icon

PepsiCo Names 3 Brands to Billion-Dollar Status

Great Expectations