Manufacturing

Faced with increasing commodity price volatility, channel complexity and the persistence of sizable trade budgets, many consumer packaged goods companies are looking to fundamentally change or upgrade their trade promotion management (TPM) capabilities.

Alison Sweeney, host of NBC's "The Biggest Loser" and mother of two, will help select finalists for the Facebook photo contest.

Created by Droga5 New York, the integrated campaign includes print, radio, out-of-home, digital and social media activations, and highlights the sophistication, multi-dimensionality, and depth of both Amstel Light's consumers and the beer itself.

Intelligent innovation is going to be key to the CG industry's performance in the coming year. New research from CGT and IDC Manufacturing Insights examines the progress companies are making in TPM, downstream data, direct-to-consumer selling, social business and mobility.

By partnering with Twitter, PepsiCo is providing fans exclusive content and engaging millions of people around the world through one of their key passion points music.

Coca-Cola signed an agreement with ScanLife to position the beverage company as a pioneer in the fields of mobile marketing and managed mobile barcodes.

It's official: Mondelez will serve as an umbrella for the company's many iconic product brands, including Cadbury, Jacobs, LU, Milka, Nabisco, Oreo, Tang and Trident.

A new study recently polled more than 38,500 American consumers about more than 1,500 lifestyle, product and service brands to reveal which brands Americans are likely to reach for when they are hungry. Find out why Chobani, Lays and Oreo were deemed Brands of the Year in their respective categories.