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The engaging platform is expected to deliver consumers entertainment and fun along with beverages.

The new SVP, global supply chain comes with experience from prior positions at PepsiCo Inc. and Procter & Gamble Company.

CGT connects you to a handful of standout small to medium-size consumer goods companies that are hitting it off with consumers. Some names you'll recognize, others you won't, but they have lots in common, including true product innovation and non-traditional marketing strategies.

Fast Company released its annual list of the The Worlds 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2011 earlier this month. Not surprisingly, Apple, Inc. was crowned No. 1 followed by social networking stars Facebook and Twitter. While only three consumer goods companies made the Top 50, another 20 were named as market leaders in the consumer product and food industries.

In her new role, Karen Alber will lead strategic technology initiatives and will oversee data centers, storage subsystems, core application infrastructure and integration.

TerraCycle's upcycling and recycling programs have spread like wildfire throughout the consumer goods industry and it continues to find solutions for more and more "nonrecycleable" waste streams -- think dirty diapers, shoes, cigarette butts and cosmetics. Here's the inside scoop on how the "Coolest Little Startup in America" has reached global proportions.

With over 61 million votes cast, the Pepsi Refresh Project is on track to award more than $20 million in grants to over 400 ideas in 2010.

The Pepsi Refresh Project is expected to fund twice as many ideas to move communities forward in 2011.