Manufacturing

The year 2011 provided a bumpy ride, filled with turbulent economic uncertainty, yet the brands featured in the ninth edition of Americas Greatest Brands landed safely and are thriving. Find out which consumer goods brands were deemed leaders alongside big names, like Walmart, NASCAR and UPS.

Many organizations face an information gap in retail stores, making it difficult or costly to know how their products look on the shelf where consumers make their buying decisions. Learn the top challenges and opportunities of leveraging valuable in-store retail execution data.

Known as the Supermarket Guru, Phil Lempert can predict the future and then help businesses and consumers understand it. In a recent blog article, he called 2011 one of the most exciting and game-changing years in the food world. Using last year as a backdrop, Lempert provided his top 10 predictions for the food industry in 2012.

The executive brings more than 20 years of media and marketing experience, spent working on behalf of some of the world's biggest and most successful brands, including ESPN, Allstate and Starcom.

Helen of Troy's CEO expects to quickly integrate the PUR brands into its Healthcare/Home Environment segment. The category shares the segment's current customer base, target audience and product focus areas.

In addition, the companies entered into a long-term innovation partnership to collaborate on liquid coffee technology for the foodservice market.

Consumers have the choice of either purchasing Marcal Small Steps directly from Alice.com, marcal.alice.com or Marcal Small Steps Facebook page.

LOral USA signs a five-year agreement with PFSweb, Inc., to develop and manage multiple end-to-end e-commerce solutions for some of its most prestigious brands.