Manufacturing

Earlier this week,Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. President and CEO Mike Duke assuredinvestors Walmart will win no matter what environment it's in. "When you go to our stores, you're going to see fantastic new merchandise, aggressive investments in price through lots of rollbacks and better in-stock levels. We're focusing on execution to deliver results." Here's a review of progress that's been made and Walmart's plans for the future.

How a Sustainable S&OP Process Can Improve Your Supply Chain & Increase Profitability

With consumers switching brands more often than ever before, the rules of customer engagement have changed for marketing, sales and customer service across all industries. As a consequence, driving brand advocacy has become the No. 1 priority. T-Mobile gets it. Using a three-step approach, the company touts 4.9 million social fans and the fastest response time across all industries on Facebook, 55 minutes to be exact.

The insights gained are expected to benefit Walmart and consumer products manufacturers and further contributes to the firm's mission to simplify and improve the way analytics is conducted within the industry.

The new Pepsi MAX ad features Barry Sanders, legendary pro football hall of famer.

CGT and Gartner Inc. bring you the latest data on technology adoption and trends in the consumer goods industry. Topics include downstream data, S&OP, digital marketing, innovation and a look at retailer attitudes toward emerging technology trends.

Jon Golovin, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Retail Solutions Inc., explains the role that consumer packaged goods suppliers play in helping omnichannel retail customers true achieve fulfillment intelligence.

Premium Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprungli USA, with help from celebrity chef, Curtis Stone, is kicking off the "Taste the Difference" program.