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Amazons one-click reordering service comes to the millennials who are making Ice Breakers one of Hersheys top three e-commerce brands.

For the fifth year, Forbes has valued the top brands in the world. Five CG brands made it onto the top 25 of "The Worlds Most Valuable Brands 2015" list.

For decades CPG companies have experienced fast growth due to relativelyeasy expansion and consolidation in emerging markets, net new consumersand brand globalization.To achieve growth, efficiency and agility, CPG companies are relying increasingly on social, mobile, analytics and cloud technologies.Rather than approaching the future tactically, industry leaders today are designing "roadmaps" to define a more strategic approach to digital. For many, a successful roadmap would address the following five imperatives.

Rumors are circulating that Amazon may be developing a click-and-collect groceries service.

While the results of Amazon's first ever Prime Day are hard to argue with 18% order increase over best Black Friday return and single day record for Prime signups more than a handful of customers felt cheated by the e-commerce giant's flash sale approach. See how the retailer disappointed shoppers.

What if we did, or could own the consumer? And, what if we used the notion of ownership as a principle of stewardship and service. We would be asking ourselves how do we best serve the consumer for whom weve been commissioned with this onerous responsibility. How many of us actually use that mindset to drive why we do things, what we do, and how we do it?

What have you been reading about so far in 2015? This years top 10 list includes major industry announcements (think Heinz/Kraft merger), trends in food and retail, and of course, financial success (top 100 registry).

Lay's introduces Lay's MAXX this summer.