Corporate Strategy

Leslie Lee to Oversee Data Analytics & Insights as Hormel Foods VP of Digital Experience
In addition to growing the company’s digital and e-commerce business strategy, Lee will be tasked with overseeing digital marketing, e-commerce operations and innovation, digital product management, and data analytics and insights.
Diving Into Purpose and Strategy at Analytics Unite
CGT and RIS’ first fully virtual event was a three-day experience packed full of inspiring keynotes, and educational content, as well as fun virtual social events to capture the in-person networking experience online. Get a full recap of every session and learn how you can still get all the content.

RB Taps Filippo Catalano as CIO to Drive Digital Transformation During Dramatic E-Com Growth

Filippo Catalano has departed Nestle SA to drive the IT and digital transformation efforts of the No. 48 consumer goods company..
IRI Acquires RSi

Analytics provider IRI has acquired Retail Solutions, Inc. (RSi), a provider of supply chain solutions for consumer goods manufacturers and retailers.
How Eurazeo Backed the Merger of a Digital-First Startup With a 90-Year-Old, Family-Owned Dewey's

It was not long before Dewey’s Bakery and Farm & Oven Snacks figured out that they had something much bigger if they merged. Here, we ask the newly formed partners five questions for integrating the two brands.
L’Oreal Chooses CEO Successor & Forms New Tech Division As it Plots Digital Future

Nicolas Hieronimus has been elevated from deputy CEO to CEO of L’Oreal, succeeding the retiring Jean-Paul Agon on May 1, 2021, and ending an 18-month process.
Andre Branch Named SVP, General Manager of MAC Cosmetics

Branch joined the company just seven months ago, and was praised in a company statement for his work in expanding strategic partnerships and identifying opportunities to broaden consumer reach at retail.
Infographic: Consumer Products Industry Pulse Check

The CG industry had already been evolving efforts to address new industry trends, and the onset of COVID-19 served as a sharp accelerant for many a company strategy. See where execs are currently focusing their efforts — and where they may need to dedicate more resources.
Mars Wrigley Names Julia Brown Chief Procurement Officer

Brown will lead its global procurement strategy, overseeing its relationships with the supplier community to improve supplier diversity, as well as develop its connected and sustainable treating and snacking business.
Gap Inc. Names Nancy Green Old Navy President/CEO

Nancy Green, who will also serve on the senior leadership team, was previously president and chief creative officer of the brand and had served as its interim head since March.